CVE-2010-0294 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause disk consumption denial of service by sending numerous invalid packets to chronyd, which logs each unauthorized request.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-0294?
CVE-2010-0294 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
chronyd in Chrony before 1.23.1, and possibly 1.24-pre1, generates a syslog message for each unauthorized cmdmon packet, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) via a large number of invalid packets.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0294?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Tuxfamily Chrony.
How do I fix CVE-2010-0294?
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-2010-0294 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0294 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0294, GHSA-87x4-2c3p-r924.