National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0159
Original release date:04/14/2009
Last revised:07/15/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Stack-based buffer overflow in the cookedprint function in ntpq/ntpq.c in ntpq in NTP before 4.2.4p7-RC2 allows remote NTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted response.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
- Official Statement from Red Hat (04/16/2009)
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Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-0159
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA09-133A
Name: TA09-133A
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://support.ntp.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1144
Type: Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 34481
Type: Patch Information
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-5275
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-5273
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=490617
External Source: XF
Name: ntp-cookedprint-bo(49838)
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-1297
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-0999
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-777-1
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1022033
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2009:092
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200905-08
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1801
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
External Source: SLACKWARE
Name: SSA:2009-154-01
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35630
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35416
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35336
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35308
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35253
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35169
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35166
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35138
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35137
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35074
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34608
Type: Advisory
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2009:1040
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2009:1039
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 53593
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://ntp.bkbits.net:8080/ntp-stable/?PAGE=gnupatch&REV=1.1565
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2009:011
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2009-05-12
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.pardus.org.tr/show_bug.cgi?id=9532
External Source: NETBSD
Name: NetBSD-SA2009-006