CVE-2019-6445 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in NTPsec before 1.1.3. An authenticated attacker can cause a NULL pointer dereference and ntpd crash in ntp_control.c, related to ctl_getitem.

Published: 2019-01-16

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: 14.1% Moderate

KEV: No

Analysis

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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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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.

The EPSS score is 0.14076.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://dumpco.re/blog/ntpsec-bugs
https://dumpco.re/bugs/ntpsec-authed-npe
https://github.com/ntpsec/ntpsec/blob/NTPsec_1_1_3/NEWS
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46177/

History

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Subscriptions

Ntpsec Ntpsec

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-01-16T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T20:23:20.977Z

Reserved: 2019-01-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-6445

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-01-16T05:29:01.293

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:39:03.750

Link: CVE-2019-6445

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference

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