The version of the remote NTP server is 4.x prior to 4.2.8p13, or is 4.3.x prior to 4.3.94. It is, therefore, affected by a denial of service vulnerability due to a flaw in handling authenticated mode 6 traffic. An authenticated attacker can exploit this issue to cause application crashes.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(122777);
script_version("1.4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/04/24");
script_cve_id("CVE-2019-8936");
script_bugtraq_id(107337);
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2019-A-0078-S");
script_name(english:"Network Time Protocol Daemon (ntpd) 4.x < 4.2.8p13 / 4.3.x < 4.3.94 DoS");
script_summary(english:"Checks for a vulnerable NTP server.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote NTP server is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of the remote NTP server is 4.x prior to 4.2.8p13, or is
4.3.x prior to 4.3.94. It is, therefore, affected by a denial of
service vulnerability due to a flaw in handling authenticated mode 6
traffic. An authenticated attacker can exploit this issue to cause
application crashes.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied
only on the application's self-reported version number.");
# http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#March_2019_ntp_4_2_8p13_NTP_Rele
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?1a6578d4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3565");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to NTP version 4.2.8p13, 4.3.94 or later.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-8936");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/03/07");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/03/07");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/03/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:ntp:ntp");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Misc.");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ntp_open.nasl");
script_require_keys("NTP/Running", "Settings/ParanoidReport");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
# Paranoia check
if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);
# Make sure NTP server is running
get_kb_item_or_exit('NTP/Running');
app_name = "NTP Server";
port = get_kb_item("Services/udp/ntp");
if (empty_or_null(port)) port = 123;
version = get_kb_item_or_exit("Services/ntp/version");
if (version == 'unknown') audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, app_name);
match = pregmatch(string:version, pattern:"([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9p]+)");
if (empty_or_null(match)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, app_name);
ver = match[1];
verfields = split(ver, sep:".", keep:FALSE);
major = int(verfields[0]);
minor = int(verfields[1]);
if ('p' >< verfields[2])
{
revpatch = split(verfields[2], sep:"p", keep:FALSE);
rev = int(revpatch[0]);
patch = int(revpatch[1]);
}
else
{
rev = verfields[2];
patch = 0;
}
# This vulnerability affects NTP 4.x < 4.2.8p13
# Check for vuln, else audit out.
if (
(major == 4 && minor < 2) ||
(major == 4 && minor == 2 && rev < 8) ||
(major == 4 && minor == 2 && rev == 8 && patch < 13)
)
{
fix = "4.2.8p13";
}
else if (major == 4 && minor == 3 && rev < 94)
{
fix = "4.3.94";
}
else audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, app_name, version);
report =
'\n Installed version : ' + version +
'\n Fixed version : ' + fix +
'\n';
security_report_v4(
port : port,
proto : "udp",
extra : report,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING
);
exit(0);