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.
Author | Note |
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mdeslaur | 4.2.5p99+ only |