Resource exhaustion in ntpd-rs - CVE-2025-58066

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Resource exhaustion in ntpd-rs - CVE-2025-58066

Published: September 8, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU114954
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-58066
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

ntpd-rs
Fedora
ntpd-rs

How to mitigate CVE-2025-58066

Install updates from vendor's website.

ntpd-rs - update to 1.6.2
ntpd-rs - addressed in versions 1.6.2-1.fc41, 1.6.2-1.fc42, 1.6.2-1.fc43

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