An exploitable vulnerability exists in the message authentication functionality of libntp in ntp 4.2.8p4 and NTPSec a5fb34b9cc89b92a8fef2f459004865c93bb7f92. An attacker can send a series of crafted messages to attempt to recover the message digest key.
The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ntp | Ntp | 4.2.8-p4 (including) | 4.2.8-p4 (including) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | RedHat | ntp-0:4.2.6p5-10.el6.1 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 Extended Update Support | RedHat | ntp-0:4.2.6p5-5.el6_7.5 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | RedHat | ntp-0:4.2.6p5-22.el7_2.2 | * |
| Ntp | Ubuntu | precise | * |
| Ntp | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Ntp | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Ntp | Ubuntu | vivid/stable-phone-overlay | * |
| Ntp | Ubuntu | wily | * |
| Ntp | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
There are many different kinds of mistakes that introduce information exposures. The severity of the error can range widely, depending on the context in which the product operates, the type of sensitive information that is revealed, and the benefits it may provide to an attacker. Some kinds of sensitive information include:
Information might be sensitive to different parties, each of which may have their own expectations for whether the information should be protected. These parties include:
Information exposures can occur in different ways:
It is common practice to describe any loss of confidentiality as an “information exposure,” but this can lead to overuse of CWE-200 in CWE mapping. From the CWE perspective, loss of confidentiality is a technical impact that can arise from dozens of different weaknesses, such as insecure file permissions or out-of-bounds read. CWE-200 and its lower-level descendants are intended to cover the mistakes that occur in behaviors that explicitly manage, store, transfer, or cleanse sensitive information.