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NTP mode 7 MODE_PRIVATE Packet Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.4
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
14 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
NTP is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability because it fails to properly handle certain incoming network packets. An attacker can exploit this issue to cause the application to consume excessive CPU resources and fill disk space with log messages.
Solution
Solution
Updates are available. Please see the references for details.