CVE-2014-9750

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    CVE-2014-9750

    Published: 6 Oct 2015Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: ntp_crypto.c in ntpd in NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p1, when Autokey Authentication is enabled, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a packet containing an extension field with an invalid value for the length of its value field.

    References: http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2671, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1459.html, http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#December_2014_NTP_Security_Vulne, http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3388, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/852879, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72583, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1184573, https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03886en_us, http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2671, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1184573, http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2671, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1184573, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/852879

    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