CVE-2010-0293

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    CVE-2010-0293

    Published: 8 Feb 2010Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The client logging functionality in chronyd in Chrony before 1.23.1 does not restrict the amount of memory used for storage of client information, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via spoofed (1) NTP or (2) cmdmon packets.

    References: http://chrony.tuxfamily.org/News.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/38428, http://secunia.com/advisories/38480, http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1992, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555367, http://git.tuxfamily.org/chrony/chrony.git/?p=gitroot/chrony/chrony.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2f63cf448560fdb96b80d8488aae6a15b802a753, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38106

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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