SB2023071338 - Juniper Junos OS Evolved update for NTP



SB2023071338 - Juniper Junos OS Evolved update for NTP

Published: July 13, 2023 Updated: October 29, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023071338
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-13817)

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

The vulnerability exists due to ntpd uses highly predictable timestamps that can allow spoofing attack over IPv4 or a denial of service attack. A remote non-authenticated attacker can modify clock on the client NTP server to terminate it.


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

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.