CVE-2021-22212

MEDIUM

ntpsec - Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm via Key Generation with '#' Characters

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

ntpkeygen can generate keys that ntpd fails to parse. NTPsec 1.2.0 allows ntpkeygen to generate keys with '#' characters. ntpd then either pads, shortens the key, or fails to load these keys entirely, depending on the key type and the placement of the '#'. This results in the administrator not being able to use the keys as expected or the keys are shorter than expected and easier to brute-force, possibly resulting in MITM attacks between ntp clients and ntp servers. For short AES128 keys, ntpd generates a warning that it is padding them.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://gitlab.com/NTPsec/ntpsec/-/issues/699
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1955859

Scores

CVSS v3 4.0
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 33.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-327
Status published
Products (2)
fedoraproject/fedora 34
ntpsec/ntpsec 1.2.0
Published Jun 08, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026