SB2020042822 - Denial of service in ntpd

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SB2020042822 - Denial of service in ntpd

Published: April 28, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020042822
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Partial DoS

Breakdown by Severity

Low 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Authentication Bypass by Spoofing (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11868)

CWE-ID: CWE-290 - Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to ntpd allows an off-path attacker to block unauthenticated synchronization via a server mode packet with a spoofed source IP address, because transmissions are rescheduled even when a packet lacks a valid origin timestamp.A remote attacker can bypass authentication and block synchronization.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References