# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 8 Feb 2010
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0292, GHSA-2w7g-w6qh-q8wj

## 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: Tuxfamily Chrony.

## How do I fix CVE-2010-0292?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## 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

- [CVE-2016-1567](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-1567/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2015-1853](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1853/): Denial of service in chrony (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2012-4502](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4502/): Integer overflow in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2012-4503](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4503/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2010-0293](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0293/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-0292 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0292 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0292/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0292/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0292
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0292
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-0292

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0292/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.