CVE-2009-1252
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 21.3%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the crypto_recv function in ntp_crypto.c in ntpd in NTP before 4.2.4p7 and 4.2.5 before 4.2.5p74, when OpenSSL and autokey are enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet containing an extension field.
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
- 21.3% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1251)
- Published
- May 19, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1251 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ntp / ntp
- ntp / ntp
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and 28 more…
References
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-006.txt.asc
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1039.html(Patch)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1040.html(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35137
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35138
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35166
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35169
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35243
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35253
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35308
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35336
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35388
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35416
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35630
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37470
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471
- http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:11.ntpd.asc
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.566238
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0092
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1801
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200905-08.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/853097(US Government Resource)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:117
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35017
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022243
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1361
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=499694(Patch)
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1252
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11231
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6307
- https://support.ntp.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1151
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/777-1/
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00293.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01414.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01449.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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