vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2019-6445): ntpsec vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jan 16, 2019 | Nov 19, 2024 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 16, 2019
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
Description
An issue was discovered in NTPsec before 1.1.3. An authenticated attacker can cause a NULL pointer dereference and ntpd crash in ntp_control.c, related to ctl_getitem.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-ntpsec
References
- CVE-2019-6445
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2019-6445
- CWE-476
- EUVD-EUVD-2019-16006
- https://dumpco.re/blog/ntpsec-bugs
- https://dumpco.re/bugs/ntpsec-authed-npe
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2019-16006
- https://github.com/ntpsec/ntpsec/blob/NTPsec_1_1_3/NEWS
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-6445
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46177/
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