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HistoryFeb 01, 2022 - 2:38 p.m.

cron vulnerabilities

2022-02-0114:38:29
Google
osv.dev
5
cron
post-inst
file permissions
denial of service
vulnerability
privilege escalation
memory operations
use-after-free

AI Score

6.9

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

26.7%

It was discovered that the postinst maintainer script in Cron unsafely
handled file permissions during package install or update operations.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a privilege
escalation attack. (CVE-2017-9525)

Florian Weimer discovered that Cron incorrectly handled certain memory
operations during crontab file creation. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-9704)

It was discovered that Cron incorrectly handled user input during crontab
file creation. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service. (CVE-2019-9705)

It was discovered that Cron contained a use-after-free vulnerability in
its force_rescan_user function. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-9706)