CVE-2019-6444

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Published Jan 16, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 9.1 Critical EPSS 45.7% KEV · Not listed

Description

An issue was discovered in NTPsec before 1.1.3. process_control() in ntp_control.c has a stack-based buffer over-read because attacker-controlled data is dereferenced by ntohl() in ntpd.

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

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Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 45.7% (45.719% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
https://dumpco.re/blog/ntpsec-bugs
https://dumpco.re/bugs/ntpsec-oobread2
https://github.com/ntpsec/ntpsec/blob/NTPsec_1_1_3/NEWS
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46176/

History

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Subscriptions

Ntpsec Ntpsec

Weaknesses

CWE-125

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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