NTP.org 'ntpd' Insufficient Entropy Security Weakness Brute Force Attack Vulnerability

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CVE-2014-9293

The configauth function in ntpd in NTP before 4.2.7p11, when an auth key is not configured, improperly generates a key, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via a brute-force attack...