CVE-2018-8956

MEDIUM

ntp 4.2.8p10-4.2.8p13 - Denial of Service via Spoofed Mode 3 and Mode 5 Packets

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

ntpd in ntp 4.2.8p10, 4.2.8p11, 4.2.8p12 and 4.2.8p13 allow remote attackers to prevent a broadcast client from synchronizing its clock with a broadcast NTP server via soofed mode 3 and mode 5 packets. The attacker must either be a part of the same broadcast network or control a slave in that broadcast network that can capture certain required packets on the attacker's behalf and send them to the attacker.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.ntp.org/
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5905
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://nikhiltripathi.in/NTP_attack.pdf
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.01783
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200518-0006/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0308
EPSS Percentile 86.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
ntp/ntp 4.2.8 p10 (4 CPE variants)
Published May 06, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026