CVE-2010-0294

Description

chronyd in Chrony before 1.23.1, and possibly 1.24-pre1, generates a syslog message for each unauthorized cmdmon packet, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) via a large number of invalid packets.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.38% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory tuxfamily.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1992 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38106 vdb entry patch
http://chrony.tuxfamily.org/News.html patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38428 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://git.tuxfamily.org/chrony/chrony.git/?p=gitroot/chrony/chrony.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0b710499f994823bd938fc6895f097eefb9cc59f
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555367
http://secunia.com/advisories/38480 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-0294?
CVE-2010-0294 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-0294?
To fix CVE-2010-0294, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-0294 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-0294 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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