CVE-2010-0293

N/A Unknown
Published: February 08, 2010 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

The client logging functionality in chronyd in Chrony before 1.23.1 does not restrict the amount of memory used for storage of client information, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via spoofed (1) NTP or (2) cmdmon packets.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://chrony.tuxfamily.org/News.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://git.tuxfamily.org/chrony/chrony.git/?p=gitroot/chrony/chrony.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2f63cf448560fdb96b80d8488aae6a15b802a753
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/38428
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38480
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1992
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38106
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555367
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://chrony.tuxfamily.org/News.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://git.tuxfamily.org/chrony/chrony.git/?p=gitroot/chrony/chrony.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2f63cf448560fdb96b80d8488aae6a15b802a753
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/38428
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38480
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1992
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38106
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555367
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.4%
80th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-399

Affected Vendors

tuxfamily

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