CVEvulnerability

CVE-2014-9294

7.5 HIGH Published 2014-12-20 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2014-12-20
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

util/ntp-keygen.c in ntp-keygen in NTP before 4.2.7p230 uses a weak RNG seed, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via a brute-force attack.

Affected configurations

• ntp ntp (<= 4.2.7)

References