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HistoryJul 07, 2021 - 12:00 a.m.

NTP < 4.2.7p367 DoS Vulnerability

2021-07-0700:00:00
Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AG
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7.4 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.013 Low

EPSS

Percentile

85.9%

NTP is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:ntp:ntp";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.146233");
  script_version("2024-02-20T05:05:48+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-20 05:05:48 +0000 (Tue, 20 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-07-07 08:10:44 +0000 (Wed, 07 Jul 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-04-19 15:13:00 +0000 (Mon, 19 Apr 2021)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-5219");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("NTP < 4.2.7p367 DoS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("ntp_open.nasl", "gb_ntp_detect_lin.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ntpd/version/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"NTP is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The ULOGTOD function in ntp.d in SNTP does not properly perform
  type conversions from a precision value to a double, which allows remote attackers to cause a
  denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted NTP packet.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"NTPd version 4.2.7p366 and prior.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 4.2.7p367 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/25/3");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/ntp-project/ntp/commit/5f295cd05c3c136d39f5b3e500a2d781bdbb59c8");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_full(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
proto = infos["proto"];

if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "4.2.7p367")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.2.7p367", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, proto: proto, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);