CVE-2009-3563
N/A
Published: December 9, 2009 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:11 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNTP
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 32%
Description
ntp_request.c in ntpd in NTP before 4.2.4p8, and 4.2.5, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and bandwidth consumption) by using MODE_PRIVATE to send a spoofed (1) request or (2) response packet that triggers a continuous exchange of MODE_PRIVATE error responses between two NTP daemons.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2010-005.txt.asc
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130168580504508&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136482797910018&w=2
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021781.1-1
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#DoS_attack_from_certain_NTP_mode
References (43)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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