The panic_gate check in NTP before 4.2.8p5 is only re-enabled after the first change to the system clock that was greater than 128 milliseconds by default, which allows remote attackers to set NTP to an arbitrary time when started with the -g option, or to alter the time by up to 900 seconds otherwise by responding to an unspecified number of requests from trusted sources, and leveraging a resulting denial of service (abort and restart).
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freebsd | freebsd-upgrade-package-ntpfreebsd-upgrade-package-ntp-develfreebsd-upgrade-base-10_2-release-p9freebsd-upgrade-base-10_1-release-p26freebsd-upgrade-base-9_3-release-p33 | Dec 10, 2025 | Jan 8, 2016 | |
| Ibm Aix | ibm-aix-ntp_advisory5 | Nov 30, 2017 | Jul 21, 2017 | |
| Ntp | View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗ | ntp-upgrade-latest | Feb 23, 2023 | Jul 21, 2017 |
| Oracle Solaris | oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-service-network-ntp-4-2-8-6-0-175-3-6-0-1-0 | May 29, 2017 | May 29, 2017 | |
| Oracle_linux | — | oracle-linux-upgrade-ntporacle-linux-upgrade-ntpdateoracle-linux-upgrade-ntp-docoracle-linux-upgrade-ntp-perloracle-linux-upgrade-sntp | May 12, 2016 | May 12, 2016 |
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