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CVE-2010-0293

The client logging functionality in chronyd in Chrony before 1.23.1 does not restrict the amount of memory used for stor

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.01382
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Affected Products & Versions

2
tuxfamily chrony<= 1.23-pre1
tuxfamily chronyall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD08 Feb 2010 · 08:30 PM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://chrony.tuxfamily.org/News.htmlVendor Advisory
http://git.tuxfamily.org/chrony/chrony.git/?p=gitroot/chrony/chrony.git
http://secunia.com/advisories/38428Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38480Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1992
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38106
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