CVE-2014-9296
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
The receive function in ntp_proto.c in ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8 continues to execute after detecting a certain authentication error, which might allow remote attackers to trigger an unintended association change via crafted packets.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3.2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ntp | ntp | {"endIncluding":"4.2.7"} | |
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0541.html
- http://bk1.ntp.org/ntp-dev/?PAGE=patch&REV=548ad06feXHK1HlZoY-WZVyynwvwAg
- http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2670
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00020.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142590659431171&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142853370924302&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144182594518755&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0104.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62209
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/852879
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:003
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71758
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1176040
- https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04790232
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10103
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20141222-ntpd
- https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1047-security-advisory-8
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9296
CWEs
CWE-17
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.