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CVE-2014-9750

Published: 6 October 2015

ntp_crypto.c in ntpd in NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p1, when Autokey Authentication is enabled, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a packet containing an extension field with an invalid value for the length of its value field.

Notes

AuthorNote
sbeattie
autokey auth is not configured on by default
mdeslaur
this used to be known as CVE-2014-9297, patches were released
in USN-2497-1

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
ntp
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-5)
precise Not vulnerable

trusty Not vulnerable

vivid Not vulnerable

wily Not vulnerable

xenial Not vulnerable

Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/ntp-project/ntp/commit/348fc9fa390c7894f589104fbca4d635868b7a45
upstream: https://github.com/ntp-project/ntp/commit/158d5aa33f5ce3c10f99cdef364ce8e2cb05c4c5
upstream: https://github.com/ntp-project/ntp/commit/5e08c9af76a5e4214bc8369ddf01ee0e86747b3a