CVEvulnerability

CVE-2013-5211

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2014-01-02 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2014-01-02
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses: CWE-20

Description

The monlist feature in ntp_request.c in ntpd in NTP before 4.2.7p26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) via forged (1) REQ_MON_GETLIST or (2) REQ_MON_GETLIST_1 requests, as exploited in the wild in December 2013.

Affected configurations

• opensuse opensuse 11.4 • ntp ntp (< 4.2.7) • ntp ntp 4.2.7 • oracle linux 6 • oracle linux 7

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (3)

CWE-405 Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification) weakness
CWE-406 Insufficient Control of Network Message Volume (Network Amplification) weakness
CWE-941 Incorrectly Specified Destination in a Communication Channel weakness

References

http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ntp_advisory.asc Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1532 Issue Tracking
http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-14-051-04 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://lists.ntp.org/pipermail/pool/2011-December/005616.html Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00031.html Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=138971294629419&w=2 Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144182594518755&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/30/6 Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/30/7 Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/59288 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/59726 Not Applicable
http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5095861 Broken Link
http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5095892 Broken Link
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/ntp_spool/ntp4/ntp-dev/ntp-dev-4.2.7p26.tar.gz Patch
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/348126 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64692 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030433 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA14-013A Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04790232 Third Party Advisory
https://puppet.com/security/cve/puppetlabs-ntp-nov-2015-advisory Broken Link
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ntp_advisory.asc Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1532 Issue Tracking
http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-14-051-04 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://lists.ntp.org/pipermail/pool/2011-December/005616.html Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00031.html Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=138971294629419&w=2 Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144182594518755&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/30/6 Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/30/7 Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/59288 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/59726 Not Applicable
http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5095861 Broken Link
http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5095892 Broken Link
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/ntp_spool/ntp4/ntp-dev/ntp-dev-4.2.7p26.tar.gz Patch
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/348126 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64692 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030433 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA14-013A Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04790232 Third Party Advisory
https://puppet.com/security/cve/puppetlabs-ntp-nov-2015-advisory Broken Link