Tuxfamily chrony up to 1.24-pre1 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Tuxfamily chrony up to 1.24-pre1. The affected element is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to resource management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2010-0293. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Tuxfamily chrony up to 1.24-pre1 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

The client logging functionality in chronyd in Chrony before 1.23.1 does not restrict the amount of memory used for storage of client information, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via spoofed (1) NTP or (2) cmdmon packets.

The weakness was disclosed 02/08/2010 as Bug 555367 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-0293 since 01/12/2010. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 44856 (Debian DSA-1992-1 : chrony - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116894 (Fedora Update for Chrony (FEDORA-2010-1539, FEDORA-2010-1536)).

Upgrading to version 1.18 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (56125), Tenable (44856), SecurityFocus (BID 38106†), Secunia (SA38428†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-24900†). The entries VDB-51773 and VDB-51771 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 44856
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1992-1 : chrony - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 66809
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1992-1 (chrony)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: chrony 1.18

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10/27/2009 🔍
01/12/2010 +77 days 🔍
02/04/2010 +23 days 🔍
02/05/2010 +1 days 🔍
02/08/2010 +3 days 🔍
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02/22/2010 +14 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +1850 days 🔍
09/01/2021 +2359 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 555367
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-0293 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0293
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51772

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X-Force: 56125
SecurityFocus: 38106 - Chrony 1.23 and Prior Multiple Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 38428 - Chrony Denial of Service Security Issue and Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
Vulnerability Center: 24900 - Chrony < 1.23.1 Client Logging Functionality Remote DoS Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 09/01/2021 06:40
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (64), 02/21/2017 17:12 (13), 09/01/2021 06:40 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:A10:103

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