Out-of-bounds Write Affecting ntpsec package, versions <1.1.3+dfsg1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
13.71% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-NTPSEC-18496106
  • published1 Aug 2026
  • disclosed16 Jan 2019

Introduced: 16 Jan 2019

CVE-2019-6442  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest ntpsec to version 1.1.3+dfsg1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ntpsec package and not the ntpsec package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in NTPsec before 1.1.3. An authenticated attacker can write one byte out of bounds in ntpd via a malformed config request, related to config_remotely in ntp_config.c, yyparse in ntp_parser.tab.c, and yyerror in ntp_parser.y.