CVE-2013-5211

Summary

CVECVE-2013-5211
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-01-02 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-01 12:51:00 UTC
DescriptionThe monlist feature in ntp_request.c in ntpd in NTP before 4.2.7p26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) via forged (1) REQ_MON_GETLIST or (2) REQ_MON_GETLIST_1 requests, as exploited in the wild in December 2013.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ntp Ntp All All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.7 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.7 - All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.7 p0 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.7 p1 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.7 p10 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.7 p11 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.7 p12 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.7 p13 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.7 p14 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.7 p15 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.7 p16 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.7 p17 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.7 p18 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.7 p19 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.7 p2 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.7 p20 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.7 p21 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.7 p22 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.7 p23 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.7 p24 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.7 p25 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.7 p3 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.7 p4 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.7 p5 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.7 p6 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.7 p7 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.7 p8 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.7 p9 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.7 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.4 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.4 All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 6 - All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 7 - All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Vulnerability Note VU#348126 - NTP can be abused to amplify denial-of-service attack traffic CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
openSUSE-SU-2014:1149-1: moderate: Avoid ntp being used as a DDoS amplif SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Oracle Linux Bulletin - July 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
oss-security - CVE to the ntp monlist DDoS issue? MLIST openwall.com
Security Advisory SA59726 - IBM Flex System Manager Node (FSM) NTP Mode 7 Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ntp_advisory.asc CONFIRM aix.software.ibm.com
HPE Support document - HPE Support Center CONFIRM h20564.www2.hpe.com
[Pool] Odd surge in traffic today MLIST lists.ntp.org
About Secunia Research | Flexera SECUNIA secunia.com
Advisory: puppetlabs-ntp default configuration does not fully mitigate CVE-2013-5211 | Puppet CONFIRM puppet.com
oss-security - Re: CVE to the ntp monlist DDoS issue? MLIST openwall.com
'[security bulletin] HPSBOV03505 rev.1 - TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS running NTP, Remote Code Executi' - MARC HP marc.info
NTP Reflection Attack | ICS-CERT MISC ics-cert.us-cert.gov Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
NTP 'ntp_request.c' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
IBM AIX ntpd Query Function Lets Remote Users Conduct Amplified Denial of Service Attacks - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
IBM Support CONFIRM www-947.ibm.com
IBM Support CONFIRM www-947.ibm.com
NTP Amplification Attacks Using CVE-2013-5211 | US-CERT CERT www.us-cert.gov Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
'[security bulletin] HPSBUX02960 SSRT101419 rev.1 - HP-UX Running NTP, Remote Denial of Service (DoS)' - MARC HP marc.info
Bug 1532 – remove ntpd support for ntpdc's monlist (use ntpq's mrulist) CONFIRM bugs.ntp.org
www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/ntp_spool/ntp4/ntp-dev/ntp-dev-4.2.7p26.tar.gz CONFIRM www.eecis.udel.edu Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 352837 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for ntp: ALAS2-2021-1706
  • 44030 Juniper Network Operating System (Junos OS) Multiple NTP Vulnerabilities (JSA11171)
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