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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-0159 Detail

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the cookedprint function in ntpq/ntpq.c in ntpq in NTP before 4.2.4p7-RC2 allows remote NTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted response.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-006.txt.asc CVE, MITRE
http://bugs.pardus.org.tr/show_bug.cgi?id=9532 CVE, MITRE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html CVE, MITRE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136482797910018&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://ntp.bkbits.net:8080/ntp-stable/?PAGE=gnupatch&REV=1.1565 CVE, MITRE
http://osvdb.org/53593 CVE, MITRE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1039.html CVE, MITRE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1040.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34608 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35137 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35138 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35166 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35169 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35253 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35308 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35336 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35416 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35630 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.566238 CVE, MITRE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1801 CVE, MITRE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200905-08.xml CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:092 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34481 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022033 CVE, MITRE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0999 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=490617 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49838 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19392 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5411 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8386 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8665 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9634 CVE, MITRE
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1651.html CVE, MITRE
https://support.ntp.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1144 CVE, MITRE Patch 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/777-1/ CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01414.html CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01449.html CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-0159
NVD Published Date:
04/14/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE