What is CVE-2024-38528?

CVE-2024-38528 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pendulum-project Ntpd-rs, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-06-28.

How severe is CVE-2024-38528?

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

Resource exhaustion in Pendulum-project Ntpd-rs

CVE-2024-38528

nptd-rs is a tool for synchronizing your computer's clock, implementing the NTP and NTS protocols. There is a missing limit for accepted NTS-KE connections. This allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to crash ntpd-rs when an NTS-KE ser…

EPSS: 0.002 (44.2th 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 >= 0.3.1, <= 1.1.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

https://github.com/pendulum-project/ntpd-rs/security/advisories/GHSA-2xpx-vcmq-5f72 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-38528?: CVE-2024-38528 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pendulum-project Ntpd-rs, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-06-28.
How severe is CVE-2024-38528?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.