Description
ntpd in ntp before 4.2.8p3 with remote configuration enabled allows remote authenticated users with knowledge of the configuration password and access to a computer entrusted to perform remote configuration to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a NULL byte in a crafted configuration directive packet.
References (11)
Core 11
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1238136
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75589
Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201509-01
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170926.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034168
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3388
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2853
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169167.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166992.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#March_2017_ntp_4_2_8p10_NTP_Secu
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0003/
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0410
EPSS Percentile
89.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (6)
debian/debian_linux
7.0
debian/debian_linux
8.0
fedoraproject/fedora
21
fedoraproject/fedora
22
fedoraproject/fedora
23
ntp/ntp
< 4.2.8
Published
Aug 24, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026