CVE-2014-9293

CVE Details

Release Date:

2014-12-19

Description

It was found that ntpd automatically generated weak keys for its internal use if no ntpdc request authentication key was specified in the ntp.conf configuration file. A remote attacker able to match the configured IP restrictions could guess the generated key, and possibly use it to send ntpdc query or configuration requests.

See more information about CVE-2014-9293 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle VM version 2.2 (ntp)	OVMSA-2015-0002	2015-01-06
Oracle Linux version 5 (ntp)	ELSA-2014-2025	2014-12-20
Oracle Linux version 6 (ntp)	ELSA-2014-2024	2014-12-20
Oracle Linux version 7 (ntp)	ELSA-2014-2024	2014-12-20
Oracle VM version 3.2 (ntp)	OVMSA-2015-0001	2015-01-06
Oracle VM version 3.3 (ntp)	OVMSA-2014-0085	2014-12-23

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