What is CVE-2023-33192?

CVE-2023-33192 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pendulum-project Ntpd-rs, classified under Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-05-27.

How severe is CVE-2023-33192?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Pendulum-project Ntpd-rs

CVE-2023-33192

ntpd-rs is an NTP implementation written in Rust. ntpd-rs does not validate the length of NTS cookies in received NTP packets to the server. An attacker can crash the server by sending a specially crafted NTP packet containing a cookie sho…

EPSS: 0.005 (66.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Pendulum-project Ntpd-rs — versions >= 0.3.0, < 0.3.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-130 — Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency

References

https://github.com/pendulum-project/ntpd-rs/security/advisories/GHSA-qwhm-h7v3-mrjx (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
https://github.com/pendulum-project/ntpd-rs/pull/752 (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-33192?: CVE-2023-33192 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pendulum-project Ntpd-rs, classified under Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-05-27.
How severe is CVE-2023-33192?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.