CVE-2019-6444
Publication date 16 January 2019
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
An issue was discovered in NTPsec before 1.1.3. process_control() in ntp_control.c has a stack-based buffer over-read because attacker-controlled data is dereferenced by ntohl() in ntpd.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| ntpsec | ||
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 1.1.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.2
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Severity score breakdown
CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
Base score
9.1 · Critical
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H