UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9296

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9296

    Published: 19 Dec 2014Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-9296
    Aliases:
    USN-2449-1

    Summary:

    Details: The receive function in ntp_proto.c in ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8 continues to execute after detecting a certain authentication error, which might allow remote attackers to trigger an unintended association change via crafted packets.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9296, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/852879, http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/389.html, http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#receive_missing_return_on_error, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2449-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9296

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ntp

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ntp@1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2

    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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