SB2019020907 - Stack out-of-bounds read in ntpsec (Alpine package)
Published: February 9, 2019
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Stack out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6444)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to attacker-controlled data is dereferenced by ntohl() in ntpd. A remote attacker can trigger stack-based buffer over-read in process_control() in ntp_control.c perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.