Security update for cronie

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:1389-1
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:
  • Basesystem Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

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 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).

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2019-1389=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • cronie-1.5.1-6.7.1
    • cron-4.2-6.7.1
    • cronie-debuginfo-1.5.1-6.7.1
    • cronie-debugsource-1.5.1-6.7.1

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