CVE-2014-9296
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 16.2%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-17
- EPSS score
- 16.2% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-9121)
- Published
- December 20, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-9121 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ntp / ntp
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0541.html
- http://bk1.ntp.org/ntp-dev/?PAGE=patch&REV=548ad06feXHK1HlZoY-WZVyynwvwAg(Exploit)
- http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2670
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00020.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142590659431171&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142853370924302&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144182594518755&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0104.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62209
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/852879(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:003
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71758
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1176040
- https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04790232
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10103
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20141222-ntpd
- https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1047-security-advisory-8
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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