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CVE-2009-3563

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.4 Published: 2009-12-09 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

ntp_request.c in ntpd in NTP before 4.2.4p8, and 4.2.5, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and bandwidth consumption) by using MODE_PRIVATE to send a spoofed (1) request or (2) response packet that triggers a continuous exchange of MODE_PRIVATE error responses between two NTP daemons.

Affected Platforms

Ntp Ntp

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References