CVE-2014-9296

Publication date 19 December 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Description

The receive function in ntp_proto.c in ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8 continues to execute after detecting a certain authentication error, which might allow remote attackers to trigger an unintended association change via crafted packets.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
ntp	14.10 utopic	Fixed 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.10.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1:4.2.6.p3+dfsg-1ubuntu3.2
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected

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Patch details

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
ntp	Upstream: http://bk1.ntp.org/ntp-dev/?PAGE=patch&REV=548ad06feXHK1HlZoY-WZVyynwvwAg

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2449-1
NTP vulnerabilities
22 December 2014

Other references

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/852879
http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/389.html
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#receive_missing_return_on_error
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9296