Bug 2186490 (CVE-2023-26553)

Summary: CVE-2023-26553 ntp: an out-of-bounds write when copying the trailing number
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Marian Rehak <mrehak>
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An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in the ntp package. A remote attacker may trigger this vulnerability by sending malicious data packets to the ntp server. An adversary may be able to attack a client ntpq process, but cannot attack ntpd.
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Bug Depends On: 2187696, 2187700    
Bug Blocks: 2186078    

Description Marian Rehak 2023-04-13 13:23:45 UTC
mstolfp.o belongs to the libntp component. As an upstream library, the libntp component can affect many other components, such as ntpd. A remote attacker may trigger this vulnerability by sending malicious data packets to the ntp server.

Comment 2 Marian Rehak 2023-04-18 12:56:31 UTC
Created ntp tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2187696]