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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2020-11868: Vulnerability in ntpd

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2020-11868: Vulnerability in ntpd

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/17/2020
Created
01/20/2021
Added
01/19/2021
Modified
02/17/2022

Description

ntpd in ntp before 4.2.8p14 and 4.3.x before 4.3.100 allows an off-path attacker to block unauthenticated synchronization via a server mode packet with a spoofed source IP address, because transmissions are rescheduled even when a packet lacks a valid origin timestamp.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-service-network-ntp-4-2-8-14-11-4-24-0-1-75-1

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