CVE-2009-0159
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 13.2%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the cookedprint function in ntpq/ntpq.c in ntpq in NTP before 4.2.4p7-RC2 allows remote NTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted response.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 13.2% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0168)
- Published
- April 14, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0168 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ntp / ntp
- ntp / ntp
- ntp / ntp
- ntp / ntp
- ntp / ntp
- ntp / ntp
- ntp / ntp
- ntp / ntp
- ntp / ntp
- ntp / ntp
- ntp / ntp
- ntp / ntp
- ntp / ntp
- ntp / ntp
- ntp / ntp
- ntp / ntp
- ntp / ntp
- ntp / ntp
- ntp / ntp
- ntp / ntp
- ntp / ntp
- ntp / ntp
- ntp / ntp
- ntp / ntp
- ntp / ntp
- ntp / ntp
- ntp / ntp
- ntp / ntp
- ntp / ntp
References
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-006.txt.asc
- http://bugs.pardus.org.tr/show_bug.cgi?id=9532
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136482797910018&w=2
- http://ntp.bkbits.net:8080/ntp-stable/?PAGE=gnupatch&REV=1.1565
- http://osvdb.org/53593
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1039.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1040.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34608(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35074(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35137(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35138(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35166(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35169(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35253(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35308(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35336(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35416(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35630(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471(Vendor Advisory)
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.566238
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1801
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200905-08.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:092
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34481(Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022033
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0999(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=490617
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49838
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19392
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5411
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8386
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8665
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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