{
  "threat_severity" : "Low",
  "public_date" : "2014-12-19T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "ntp: receive() missing return on error",
    "id" : "1176040",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1176040"
  },
  "cvss" : {
    "cvss_base_score" : "5.0",
    "cvss_scoring_vector" : "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-390",
  "details" : [ "The receive function in ntp_proto.c in ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8 continues to execute after detecting a certain authentication error, which might allow remote attackers to trigger an unintended association change via crafted packets.", "A missing return statement in the receive() function could potentially allow a remote attacker to bypass NTP's authentication mechanism." ],
  "statement" : "This issue did not affect the versions of ntpd as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.  It has been addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 via RHSA-2014:2024.",
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "release_date" : "2014-12-20T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2014:2024",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6",
    "package" : "ntp-0:4.2.6p5-2.el6_6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Extended Update Support",
    "release_date" : "2015-01-28T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2015:0104",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:6.5",
    "package" : "ntp-0:4.2.6p5-2.el6_5"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "release_date" : "2014-12-20T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2014:2024",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7",
    "package" : "ntp-0:4.2.6p5-19.el7_0"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "ntp",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9296\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9296\nhttp://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#receive_missing_return_on_error\nhttps://access.redhat.com/articles/1305723" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2014-9296",
  "mitigation" : {
    "value" : "Remove or comment out all configuration directives beginning with the crypto keyword in your ntp.conf file.",
    "lang" : "en:us"
  },
  "csaw" : false
}