The symmetric-key feature in the receive function in ntp_proto.c in ntpd in NTP 3.x and 4.x before 4.2.8p2 performs state-variable updates upon receiving certain invalid packets, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (synchronization loss) by spoofing the source IP address of a peer.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2015-04-08T10:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T04:54:16.094Z
Reserved: 2015-02-17T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2015-1799
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2015-04-08T10:59:05.717
Modified: 2018-01-05T02:30:00.447
Link: CVE-2015-1799
Redhat