CVE-2019-6442

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Published Jan 16, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 13.7% KEV · Not listed

Description

An issue was discovered in NTPsec before 1.1.3. An authenticated attacker can write one byte out of bounds in ntpd via a malformed config request, related to config_remotely in ntp_config.c, yyparse in ntp_parser.tab.c, and yyerror in ntp_parser.y.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ntpsec:ntpsec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 13.7% (13.710% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://dumpco.re/blog/ntpsec-bugs
https://dumpco.re/bugs/ntpsec-authed-oobwrite
https://github.com/ntpsec/ntpsec/blob/NTPsec_1_1_3/NEWS
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46178/

History

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Subscriptions

Ntpsec Ntpsec

Weaknesses

CWE-787

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 8:23 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jan 16, 2019, 5:00 AM
Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 8:23 PM
Reserved: Jan 15, 2019, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 2:39 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 16, 2019, 5:29 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 2:39 AM

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