NTP Daemon up to 3.x Request integer coercion

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in NTP Daemon up to 3.x (Network Management Software). This issue affects an unknown code of the component Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer coercion vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-192. Integer coercion refers to a set of flaws pertaining to the type casting, extension, or truncation of primitive data types. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Integer overflow in the NTP daemon (NTPd) before 4.0 causes the NTP server to return the wrong date/time offset when a client requests a date/time that is more than 34 years away from the server s time.

The weakness was released 08/06/2004 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-0657 since 07/09/2004. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 4.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (15406).

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Integer coercion
CWE: CWE-192 / CWE-189
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: NTP Daemon 4.0

Timelineinfo

03/08/2004 🔍
07/09/2004 +123 days 🔍
08/06/2004 +28 days 🔍
08/06/2004 +0 days 🔍
12/05/2014 +3773 days 🔍
07/07/2017 +945 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-0657 (🔍)
X-Force: 15406 - NTP integer buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 9818 - Network Time Protocol Daemon Integer Overflow Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 12/05/2014 16:07
Updated: 07/07/2017 17:15
Changes: 12/05/2014 16:07 (54), 07/07/2017 17:15 (2)
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