CVE-2019-6442
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 18.0%
Description
An issue was discovered in NTPsec before 1.1.3. An authenticated attacker can write one byte out of bounds in ntpd via a malformed config request, related to config_remotely in ntp_config.c, yyparse in ntp_parser.tab.c, and yyerror in ntp_parser.y.
How to fix CVE-2019-6442
To remediate CVE-2019-6442, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/ntpsec—upgrade to 1.1.3+dfsg1-1 or later
Is CVE-2019-6442 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 18.0%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.1.3+dfsg1-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |