CVE-2021-22212
MEDIUMntpsec - Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm via Key Generation with '#' Characters
Title source: llmDescription
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
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22212.json
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3GIT2HYL5BQXPGKI6ZDNG473IEQ5WQF2/
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