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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2013-5211: NTP: Traffic amplification

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2013-5211: NTP: Traffic amplification

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/02/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

The monlist feature in ntp_request.c in ntpd in NTP before 4.2.7p26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) via forged (1) REQ_MON_GETLIST or (2) REQ_MON_GETLIST_1 requests, as exploited in the wild in December 2013.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-misc-ntp

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