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CVE-2020-15025

ntp: Resource exhaustion via memory leak with CMAC keys

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.4

CVSS 3.1

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Published · June 23, 2020

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

ntpd in ntp 4.2.8 before 4.2.8p15 and 4.3.x before 4.3.101 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending packets, because memory is not freed in situations where a CMAC key is used and associated with a CMAC algorithm in the ntp.keys file.

Statement

As per upstream, this issue only affects ntp-4.2.8p11p to ntp-4.2.8p14p, and 4.3.97 to 4.3.100. These packages versions do not ship with any Red Hat products, therefore they are not affected by this flaw.

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 3.1 · 4.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption