Input validation error in ntp - CVE-2014-9750
Published: October 6, 2015 / Updated: July 21, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31741
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9750
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to #BASIC_IMPACT#.
ntp_crypto.c in ntpd in NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p1, when Autokey Authentication is enabled, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a packet containing an extension field with an invalid value for the length of its value field.
Affected software
ntp
How to mitigate CVE-2014-9750
Install update from vendor's website.
ntp - update to 4.2.8
External References
- http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2671
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1459.html
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#December_2014_NTP_Security_Vulne
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3388
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/852879
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72583
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1184573
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03886en_us