Description
Memory leak in the CRYPTO_ASSOC function in ntpd in NTP 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).
References (10)
Core 10
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2909
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2583.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033951
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0780.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3388
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77281
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274255
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171004-0001/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0652
EPSS Percentile
92.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-772
Status
published
Products (28)
debian/debian_linux
7.0
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
netapp/clustered_data_ontap
netapp/data_ontap
netapp/oncommand_performance_manager
netapp/oncommand_unified_manager
ntp/ntp
4.2.8 (17 CPE variants)
ntp/ntp
4.2.0 - 4.2.8
oracle/linux
6
... and 18 more
Published
Aug 07, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026