Out-of-bounds Write Affecting ntpsec package, versions <1.1.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
2.64% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-NTPSEC-262189
  • published16 Jan 2019
  • 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 Ubuntu:18.04 ntpsec to version 1.1.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.2 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 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.