CVE-2012-4502

Medium

Description

Multiple integer overflows in pktlength.c in Chrony before 1.29 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted (1) REQ_SUBNETS_ACCESSED or (2) REQ_CLIENT_ACCESSES command request to the PKL_CommandLength function or crafted (3) RPY_SUBNETS_ACCESSED, (4) RPY_CLIENT_ACCESSES, (5) RPY_CLIENT_ACCESSES_BY_INDEX, or (6) RPY_MANUAL_LIST command reply to the PKL_ReplyLength function, which triggers an out-of-bounds read or buffer overflow. NOTE: versions 1.27 and 1.28 do not require authentication to exploit.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
ProductTuxfamily Chrony
PublishedNov 5, 2013
First seenNov 5, 2013

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
tuxfamily chronyv ≤ 1.28, 1.0, 1.1, 1.18, 1.19, 1.19.99.1, 1.19.99.2, 1.19.99.3, 1.20, 1.21, 1.23, 1.23.1, 1.24, 1.25, 1.26, 1.27, 1.28—

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