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HistoryMay 06, 2022 - 8:42 a.m.

cron vulnerabilities

2022-05-0608:42:24
Google
osv.dev
6
usn-5259-1
cron
ubuntu 18.04 lts
privilege escalation
memory operations
denial of service
use-after-free

AI Score

7.8

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

26.7%

USN-5259-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Cron. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

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)