CVE-2012-4503 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in Chrony versions prior to 1.29, specifically affecting the cmdmon.c component. Attackers can remotely obtain potentially sensitive stack memory data by sending crafted RPY_SUBNETS_ACCESSED or RPY_CLIENT_ACCESSES commands, leading to uninitialized data being included in replies. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, but only impacts confidentiality. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.28CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tuxfamily:chrony:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tuxfamily:chrony:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tuxfamily:chrony:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tuxfamily:chrony:1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tuxfamily:chrony:1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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