CVE-2010-0294 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in chronyd, specifically in Chrony versions prior to 1.23.1 and potentially 1.24-pre1. Attackers can exploit this by sending a large number of unauthorized cmdmon packets, causing chronyd to generate excessive syslog messages and consume disk space. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion 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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