CVE-2014-9296

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 20.11% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory cisco.com Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory ntp.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20141222-ntpd vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142590659431171&w=2 vendor advisory
https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04790232
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10103
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71758 vdb entry
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0541.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/852879 third party advisory us government resource
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142853370924302&w=2 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/62209 third party advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0104.html vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144182594518755&w=2 vendor advisory
http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2670
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00020.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1176040
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice vendor advisory
http://bk1.ntp.org/ntp-dev/?PAGE=patch&REV=548ad06feXHK1HlZoY-WZVyynwvwAg exploit
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:003 vendor advisory
https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1047-security-advisory-8

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-9296?
CVE-2014-9296 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-9296?
To fix CVE-2014-9296, 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-2014-9296 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-9296 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~20% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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