CVE-2014-125036 drybjed ansible-ntp main.yml amplification
An attacker on the local network can cause a denial of service via insufficient control of network message volume in the drybjed ansible-ntp role.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2014-125036?
CVE-2014-125036 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in drybjed ansible-ntp, published on 2 Jan 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in drybjed ansible-ntp. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file meta/main.yml. The manipulation leads to insufficient control of network message volume. The attack can only be done within the local network. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The patch is identified as ed4ca2cf012677973c220cdba36b5c60bfa0260b. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-217190 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-406
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-125036?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ansible-Ntp Project Ansible-Ntp.
How do I fix CVE-2014-125036?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-125036 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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-2014-125036 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-125036 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-px83-ph6q-f3rv.