Security update for cronie

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:1990-1
Rating: low
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2019-9704 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2019-9704 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2019-9705 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2019-9705 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has two security fixes can now be installed.

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 deamon (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).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-1990=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-1990=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-1990=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-1990=1
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0
    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 (x86_64)
    • cronie-debuginfo-1.4.11-59.10.1
    • cron-4.2-59.10.1
    • cronie-1.4.11-59.10.1
    • cronie-debugsource-1.4.11-59.10.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • cronie-debuginfo-1.4.11-59.10.1
    • cron-4.2-59.10.1
    • cronie-1.4.11-59.10.1
    • cronie-debugsource-1.4.11-59.10.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • cronie-debuginfo-1.4.11-59.10.1
    • cron-4.2-59.10.1
    • cronie-1.4.11-59.10.1
    • cronie-debugsource-1.4.11-59.10.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • cronie-debuginfo-1.4.11-59.10.1
    • cron-4.2-59.10.1
    • cronie-1.4.11-59.10.1
    • cronie-debugsource-1.4.11-59.10.1
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 (x86_64)
    • cronie-debuginfo-1.4.11-59.10.1
    • cron-4.2-59.10.1
    • cronie-1.4.11-59.10.1
    • cronie-debugsource-1.4.11-59.10.1

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