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CVE-2013-5211

ntp: DoS in monlist feature in ntpd

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · April 20, 2010

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

The monlist feature in ntp_request.c in ntpd in NTP before 4.2.7p26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) via forged (1) REQ_MON_GETLIST or (2) REQ_MON_GETLIST_1 requests, as exploited in the wild in December 2013.

Statement

This issue does not affect the default configuration of ntp packages shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which does not allow remote ntpd control queries. User changing ntpd access control configuration should consider reviewing additional information provided via https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1047854#c27 to avoid exposing their systems to this traffic amplification issue.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE not specified