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FKIE_CVE-2014-9750

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-10-06 01:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:18
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2671Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1459.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#December_2014_NTP_Security_VulneRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3388Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/852879Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72583Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1184573Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03886en_usThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2671Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1459.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#December_2014_NTP_Security_VulneRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3388Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/852879Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72583Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1184573Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03886en_usThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ntp ntp *
ntp ntp 4.2.8
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0
debian debian_linux 7.0
debian debian_linux 8.0
debian debian_linux 9.0
oracle linux 7
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