Vulnerability in Dave Mills Ntpd
CVE-2001-0414
Buffer overflow in ntpd ntp daemon 4.0.99k and earlier (aka xntpd and xntp3) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands via a long readvar argument.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.919 (99.8th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.917 · newest: 0.919 · change: +0.003
Affected products
- Dave Mills Ntpd — versions 4.0.99, 4.0.99a, 4.0.99b
- Dave Mills Xntp3 — versions 5.93, 5.93a, 5.93b
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-045.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.suse.com/archives/suse-security-announce/2001-Apr/0000.html (vendor-advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0127.html (mailing-list)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-036.php3 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/ (vendor-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/805 (vdb-entry)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/2540 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2001-0414?
- CVE-2001-0414 is a vulnerability in Dave Mills Ntpd. Published 2001-06-18.
- Is CVE-2001-0414 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.