CVE-2023-4012
Incomplete Internal State Distinction in ntpsec
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 7, 2023 at 05:30 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:36 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNTPSec
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
ntpd will crash if the server is not NTS-enabled (no certificate) and it receives an NTS-enabled client request (mode 3).
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1038422SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
7.5HIGHGitLab
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-372NVD-CWE-noinfo
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