CVE-2010-0293 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Chrony via spoofed NTP or cmdmon packets due to unrestricted memory usage in client logging.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-0293?
CVE-2010-0293 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 client logging functionality in chronyd in Chrony before 1.23.1 does not restrict the amount of memory used for storage of client information, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via spoofed (1) NTP or (2) cmdmon packets.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0293?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Tuxfamily Chrony.
How do I fix CVE-2010-0293?
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-2010-0293 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0293 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0293, GHSA-3vvg-7h3p-gmv3.