CVE-2014-9295

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 79.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-12-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet, related to (1) the crypto_recv function when the Autokey Authentication feature is used, (2) the ctl_putdata function, and (3) the configure function.

Affected products

NTP: through 4.2.7

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0541.html
http://bk1.ntp.org/ntp-dev/?PAGE=patch&REV=548acc4dN1TbM1tRJrbPcA4yc1aTdA
http://bk1.ntp.org/ntp-dev/?PAGE=patch&REV=548acdf3tUSFizXcv_X4b77Jt_Y-cg
http://bk1.ntp.org/ntp-dev/?PAGE=patch&REV=548acf55dxKfhb6MuYQwzu8eDlS97g
http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2667
http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2668
http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2669
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00020.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142469153211996&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142590659431171&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142853370924302&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144182594518755&w=2

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