ID:6141 - Exploit for NULL pointer dereference in NTPsec - CVE-2019-6445

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Vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote authenticated attacker can trigger NULL pointer dereference and ntpd crash in ntp_control.c, related to ctl_getitem. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

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