Use of Insufficiently Random Values Affecting ntp package, versions <0:4.2.6p5-29.0.1.el7_8.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.79% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-NTP-2556048
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed4 Jun 2020

Introduced: 4 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-13817  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-330  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 ntp to version 0:4.2.6p5-29.0.1.el7_8.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-2663.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ntp package and not the ntp package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

ntpd in ntp before 4.2.8p14 and 4.3.x before 4.3.100 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon exit or system time change) by predicting transmit timestamps for use in spoofed packets. The victim must be relying on unauthenticated IPv4 time sources. There must be an off-path attacker who can query time from the victim's ntpd instance.

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