Public bug reported: According to https://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/c/cron/cron_3.0pl1-128.1ubuntu1.1/changelog "ensure that no more than 1000 lines of length are allowed in crontabs"
However that change at Debian https://salsa.debian.org/debian/cron/-/commit/26814a26 was very quickly superceded by https://salsa.debian.org/debian/cron/-/commit/eba012444b2dcfaaeebc101848bcf42692f23499 ("Increase maximum crontab length to 10,000 lines") due to problems noted at https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=925276 ** Affects: cron (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Summary changed: - CVE-2019-9705 limits to 1000 not 10000 + CVE-2019-9705 fix limits to 1000 not 10000 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to cron in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1972830 Title: CVE-2019-9705 fix limits to 1000 not 10000 Status in cron package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: According to https://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/c/cron/cron_3.0pl1-128.1ubuntu1.1/changelog "ensure that no more than 1000 lines of length are allowed in crontabs" However that change at Debian https://salsa.debian.org/debian/cron/-/commit/26814a26 was very quickly superceded by https://salsa.debian.org/debian/cron/-/commit/eba012444b2dcfaaeebc101848bcf42692f23499 ("Increase maximum crontab length to 10,000 lines") due to problems noted at https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=925276 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cron/+bug/1972830/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
