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Accepted cron 3.0pl1-127+deb8u2 (source amd64) into oldstable



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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 20:43:10 +0100
Source: cron
Binary: cron
Architecture: source amd64
Version: 3.0pl1-127+deb8u2
Distribution: jessie-security
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@debian.org>
Changed-By: Mike Gabriel <sunweaver@debian.org>
Description:
 cron       - process scheduling daemon
Closes: 809167
Changes:
 cron (3.0pl1-127+deb8u2) jessie-security; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Christian Kastner ]
   * SECURITY: Fix bypass of /etc/cron.{allow,deny} on failure to open
     If these files exist, then they must be readable by the user executing
     crontab(1). Users will now be denied by default if they aren't.
     (LP: #1813833)
   * SECURITY: Fix for possible DoS by use-after-free
     A user reported a use-after-free condition in the cron daemon, leading to a
     possible Denial-of-Service scenario by crashing the daemon.
     (CVE-2019-9706) (Closes: #809167)
   * SECURITY: DoS: Fix unchecked return of calloc()
     Florian Weimer discovered that a missing check for the return value of
     calloc() could crash the daemon, which could be triggered by a very
     large crontab created by a user. (CVE-2019-9704)
   * Enforce maximum crontab line count of 1000 to prevent a malicious user
     from creating an excessivly large crontab. The daemon will log a warning
     for existing files, and crontab(1) will refuse to create new ones.
     (CVE-2019-9705)
   * SECURITY: group crontab to root escalation
     via postinst as described by Alexander Peslyak (Solar Designer) in
     http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/08/3
     (CVE-2017-9525)
   * Add d/NEWS altering to the new 1000 lines limit.
 .
   [ Mike Gabriel ]
   * debian/NEWS: Fix <distribution> from unstable to jessie-security.
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