CVE-2019-8936

Public Exploit

Description

NTP through 4.2.8p12 has a NULL Pointer Dereference.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 8.69% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory FreeBSD.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ntp.org Vendor Advisory ntp.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-15 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice release notes vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00032.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00036.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KQDNHNYOJK2SRSGO23GQ2RXTOUY2HLNN/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JBGXY7OKWOLT6X6JAPVZRFEP4FLCGGST/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2NVS2CSG2TQ663CXOZZUJN4STQPMENNP/ vendor advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190503-0001/ third party advisory patch
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:04.ntp.asc mitigation third party advisory vendor advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/39 issue tracking mailing list third party advisory
http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3565 issue tracking exploit vendor advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152915/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-04.ntp.html vdb entry third party advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K61363039 third party advisory
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03962en_us third party advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4563-1/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-8936?
CVE-2019-8936 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-8936?
To fix CVE-2019-8936, 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-2019-8936 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-8936 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~9% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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