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Potential expensive calculation during startup if NTS is used.

Low
davidv1992 published GHSA-37xq-q42p-rv3p Aug 24, 2023

Package

ntpd

Affected versions

<0.3.6

Patched versions

0.3.7

Description

During startup, an attacker that can man-in-the-middle traffic to and from NTS key exchange servers can trigger a very expensive key validation process due to a vulnerability in webpki.

Impact

This vulnerability can lead to excessive cpu usage on startup on clients configured to use NTS

Patches

Affected users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.3.7

References

See also https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/blob/main/crates/rustls-webpki/RUSTSEC-2023-0053.md

Severity

Low
2.6
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Adjacent
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVE ID

No known CVE

Weaknesses