1.8 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
0.008 Low
EPSS
Percentile
81.4%
The symmetric-key feature in the receive function in ntp_proto.c in ntpd in NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p2 requires a correct MAC only if the MAC field has a nonzero length, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof packets by omitting the MAC.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Debian | 11 | all | ntp | <Â 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-6 | ntp_1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-6_all.deb |
Debian | 10 | all | ntp | <Â 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-6 | ntp_1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-6_all.deb |