K15933 : NTP vulnerability CVE-2014-9296

Security Advisory Description

The receive function in ntp_proto.c in ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8 continues to execute after detecting a certain authentication error, which might allow remote attackers to trigger an unintended association change via crafted packets. (CVE-2014-9296)

Impact

None. No F5 products are affected by this vulnerability. In currently supported versions of BIG-IP, the** receive()** function is not vulnerable. In addition, the crypto keyword is not used in the default configuration, so CVE-2014-9296 does not apply.