Description
util/ntp-keygen.c in ntp-keygen in NTP before 4.2.7p230 uses a weak RNG seed, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via a brute-force attack.
Published: 2014-12-20
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 33.3% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-116-1 ntp security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3108-1 ntp security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2449-1 NTP vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0541.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://bk1.ntp.org/ntp-dev/util/ntp-keygen.c?PAGE=diffs&REV=4eae1b72298KRoBQmX-y8URCiRPH5g cve-icon cve-icon
http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2666 cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142469153211996&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142590659431171&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142853370924302&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144182594518755&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-2025.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0104.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/62209 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#non_cryptographic_random_number cve-icon
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/852879 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:003 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71762 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/articles/1305723 cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1176035 cve-icon cve-icon
https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04790232 cve-icon cve-icon
https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04916783 cve-icon cve-icon
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10103 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9294 cve-icon
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20141222-ntpd cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1047-security-advisory-8 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9294 cve-icon
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:40:24.931Z

Reserved: 2014-12-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-9294

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Status : Modified

Published: 2014-12-20T02:59:01.587

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-9294

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Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-12-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-9294 - Bugzilla

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