#VU17183 Stack out-of-bounds read in NTPsec - CVE-2019-6444

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#VU17183 Stack out-of-bounds read in NTPsec - CVE-2019-6444

Published: January 24, 2019 / Updated: June 17, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17183
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6444
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
NTPsec
Software vendor:
The NTPsec project

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to attacker-controlled data is dereferenced by ntohl() in ntpd. A remote attacker can trigger stack-based buffer over-read in process_control() in ntp_control.c perform a denial of service attack.


Remediation

Update to version 1.1.3.

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