Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.150700
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	NTP < 4.2.8p13 NULL Pointer Dereference Vulnerability
Summary:	A crafted malicious authenticated mode 6 (ntpq) packet from a; permitted network address can trigger a NULL pointer dereference, crashing ntpd. Note that for; this attack to work, the sending system must be on an address that the target's ntpd accepts mode; 6 packets from, and must use a private key that is specifically listed as being used for mode 6; authorization.
Description:	Summary: A crafted malicious authenticated mode 6 (ntpq) packet from a permitted network address can trigger a NULL pointer dereference, crashing ntpd. Note that for this attack to work, the sending system must be on an address that the target's ntpd accepts mode 6 packets from, and must use a private key that is specifically listed as being used for mode 6 authorization. Vulnerability Insight: Please see the references for more information on the vulnerabilities. Affected Software/OS: NTPd version prior to 4.2.8p13, 4.3.0 through 4.3.94. Solution: Update to version 4.2.8p13, 4.3.94 or later. CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-8936 Bugtraq: 20190515 FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-19:04.ntp (Google Search) https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/39 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JBGXY7OKWOLT6X6JAPVZRFEP4FLCGGST/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KQDNHNYOJK2SRSGO23GQ2RXTOUY2HLNN/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2NVS2CSG2TQ663CXOZZUJN4STQPMENNP/ FreeBSD Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-19:04 https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:04.ntp.asc https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-15 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152915/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-04.ntp.html http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2019:1143 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00032.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2019:1158 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00036.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/4563-1/
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