CVE-2018-8956 Information

Description

ntpd in ntp 4.2.8p10 4.2.8p11 4.2.8p12 and 4.2.8p13 allow remote attackers to prevent a broadcast client from synchronizing its clock with a broadcast NTP server via soofed mode 3 and mode 5 packets. The attacker must either be a part of the same broadcast network or control a slave in that broadcast network that can capture certain required packets on the attacker’s behalf and send them to the attacker.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00005.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00044.html http://www.ntp.org/ https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.01783 https://nikhiltripathi.in/NTP_attack.pdf https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200518-0006/ https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5905

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

LOW

Base Severity

5.3