Oracle Communications Policy Management up to 9.7.3/9.9.1/10.4.1/12.1.1 NTP code

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Communications Policy Management up to 9.7.3/9.9.1/10.4.1/12.1.1. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component NTP. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability was named CVE-2014-9296. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Oracle Communications Policy Management up to 9.7.3/9.9.1/10.4.1/12.1.1 (Cloud Software). This affects an unknown code block of the component NTP. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-17. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

The receive function in ntp_proto.c in ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8 continues to execute after detecting a certain authentication error, which might allow remote attackers to trigger an unintended association change via crafted packets.

The weakness was presented 10/19/2016 by Stephen Roettger with Google Security Team as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2016 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at oracle.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-9296 since 12/05/2014. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 80122 (Amazon Linux AMI : ntp (ALAS-2014-462)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 185097 (HP-UX Running NTP Multiple Vulnerabilities (HPSBUX03240)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (80122), SecurityFocus (BID 71758†) and Secunia (SA62209†). See VDB-68452, VDB-68453, VDB-68454 and VDB-68455 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Nessus ID: 80122
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : ntp (ALAS-2014-462)
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OpenVAS ID: 703108
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3108-1 (ntp - security update)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2016
Researcher: Stephen Roettger
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-9296 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-9296
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-92853

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SecurityFocus: 71758 - Network Time Protocol CVE-2014-9296 Unspecified Security Vulnerability
Secunia: 62209 - Cisco ACNS (Application and Content Networking System) NTP Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulner, Highly Critical

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Created: 10/19/2016 10:22
Updated: 05/13/2019 17:39
Changes: 10/19/2016 10:22 (71), 05/13/2019 17:39 (7)
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