CVE-2024-38528 (GCVE-0-2024-38528)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-28 19:28 – Updated: 2024-08-02 04:12
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Unlimited number of NTS-KE connections can crash ntpd-rs server
Summary
nptd-rs is a tool for synchronizing your computer's clock, implementing the NTP and NTS protocols. There is a missing limit for accepted NTS-KE connections. This allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to crash ntpd-rs when an NTS-KE server is configured. Non NTS-KE server configurations, such as the default ntpd-rs configuration, are unaffected. This vulnerability has been patched in version 1.1.3.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-01 17:42 UTC
CWE
- CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/pendulum-project/ntpd-rs/secur… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pendulum-project | ntpd-rs |
Affected:
>= 0.3.1, <= 1.1.2
|
guessed | |
| tweedegolf | ntpd-rs |
Affected:
0.3.1 , ≤ 1.1.2
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:tweedegolf:ntpd-rs:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* |
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