openSUSE Security Update : cronie (openSUSE-2019-1520)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 125758

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for cronie fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

- CVE-2019-9704: Fixed an insufficient check in the return value of calloc which could allow a local user to create Denial of Service by crashing the daemon (bsc#1128937).

- CVE-2019-9705: Fixed an implementation vulnerability which could allow a local user to exhaust the memory resulting in Denial of Service (bsc#1128935).

Bug fixes :

- Manual start of cron is possible even when it's already started using systemd (bsc#1133100).

- Cron schedules only one job of crontab (bsc#1130746).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected cronie packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 125758

File Name: openSUSE-2019-1520.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/7/2019

Updated: 9/23/2020

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cron, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cronie, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cronie-anacron, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cronie-anacron-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cronie-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cronie-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/5/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-9704, CVE-2019-9705

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