Unscored severity · published Oct 6, 2015
CVE-2014-9750
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…
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CVSS
6.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.1% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
6.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
6.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
6.0 · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Oracle
7 · source: NVD
NT
Ntp · Ntp
4.2.0 before 4.2.8; 4.2.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9750
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9750
Issue Tracking
http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2671
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1459.html
Release Notes
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#December_2014_NTP_Security_Vulne
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3388
Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/852879
Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
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