Bug 1550218 (CVE-2018-7184) - CVE-2018-7184 ntp: Interleaved symmetric mode cannot recover from bad state
Summary: CVE-2018-7184 ntp: Interleaved symmetric mode cannot recover from bad state
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2018-7184
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 1550228 1550229
Blocks: 1550226
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Reported: 2018-02-28 19:41 UTC by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2021-10-21 19:57 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: ntp 4.2.8p11
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Last Closed: 2021-10-21 19:57:00 UTC
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2018-02-28 19:41:17 UTC
The fix for NtpBug2952 was incomplete, and while it fixed one problem it created another. Specifically, it drops bad packets before updating the "received" timestamp. This means a third-party can inject a packet with a zero-origin timestamp, meaning the sender wants to reset the association, and the transmit timestamp in this bogus packet will be saved as the most recent "received" timestamp. The real remote peer does not know this value and this will disrupt the association until the association resets.

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http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3453

Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2018-02-28 19:51:20 UTC
Created ntp tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1550228]


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