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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-3563: NTP: Denial of service

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-3563: NTP: Denial of service

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/09/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
05/28/2021

Description

ntp_request.c in ntpd in NTP before 4.2.4p8, and 4.2.5, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and bandwidth consumption) by using MODE_PRIVATE to send a spoofed (1) request or (2) response packet that triggers a continuous exchange of MODE_PRIVATE error responses between two NTP daemons.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-misc-ntp

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