CVE-2014-9750

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-9750
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-10-06 01:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionntp_crypto.c in ntpd in NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p1, when Autokey Authentication is enabled, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a packet containing an extension field with an invalid value for the length of its value field.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp All All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.8 - All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 7 - All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.ntp.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
NTP 'ntp_crypto.c' Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Document Display | HPE Support Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.hpe.com Third Party Advisory
Vulnerability Note VU#852879 - Network Time Protocol (NTP) Project NTP daemon (ntpd) contains multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Bug 2671 – vallen is not validated, leading to potential info leak af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.ntp.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3388-1 ntp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Bug 1184573 – CVE-2014-9297 CVE-2014-9750 ntp: vallen in extension fields are not validated af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 43837 HPE Comware 5 And Comware 7 Switches And Routers using NTP, Remote Denial Of Service (HPESBHF03886)
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