CVE-2010-0293 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the client logging functionality of chronyd in Chrony versions prior to 1.23.1. This flaw allows remote attackers to exhaust system memory by sending spoofed NTP or cmdmon packets, as the software fails to restrict the amount of memory allocated for client information. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.23-pre1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tuxfamily:chrony:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tuxfamily:chrony:1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tuxfamily:chrony:1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.19-1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tuxfamily:chrony:1.19-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.19.99.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tuxfamily:chrony:1.19.99.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.