vulnerability
NTP: Improper Release of Memory Before Removing Last Reference ('Memory Leak') (CVE-2020-15025)
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
---|---|---|---|---|
4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jun 24, 2020 | Feb 23, 2023 | Mar 1, 2023 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 24, 2020
Added
Feb 23, 2023
Modified
Mar 1, 2023
Description
ntpd in ntp 4.2.8 before 4.2.8p15 and 4.3.x before 4.3.101 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending packets, because memory is not freed in situations where a CMAC key is used and associated with a CMAC algorithm in the ntp.keys file.
Solution
ntp-upgrade-4_3_101
References
- CVE-2020-15025
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-15025
- URL-http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00005.html
- URL-http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00044.html
- URL-https://bugs.gentoo.org/729458
- URL-https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-12
- URL-https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200702-0002/
- URL-https://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3661
- URL-https://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#June_2020_ntp_4_2_8p15_NTP_Relea
- URL-https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html

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