CVE-2010-0292 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Chrony by sending spoofed cmdmon packets, triggering excessive resource consumption.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-0292?
CVE-2010-0292 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Feb 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The read_from_cmd_socket function in cmdmon.c in chronyd in Chrony before 1.23.1, and 1.24-pre1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and bandwidth consumption) by sending a spoofed cmdmon packet that triggers a continuous exchange of NOHOSTACCESS messages between two daemons, a related issue to CVE-2009-3563.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0292?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Tuxfamily Chrony.
How do I fix CVE-2010-0292?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2010-0292 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0292 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0292, GHSA-2w7g-w6qh-q8wj.