4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
0.008 Low
EPSS
Percentile
81.4%
The symmetric-key feature in the receive function in ntp_proto.c in ntpd in
NTP 3.x and 4.x before 4.2.8p2 performs state-variable updates upon
receiving certain invalid packets, which makes it easier for
man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (synchronization
loss) by spoofing the source IP address of a peer.
Author | Note |
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mdeslaur | we will not be backporting this issue to the codebase in lucid before it goes end-of-life. Marking as ignored. |