6.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2009-0159
NTP Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

April 14, 2009, 3:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-0159 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Ntp ntp
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2009-0159.

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

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2009-0159 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

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

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-777-1 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/777-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9634 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8665 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8386 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5411 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19392 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9634 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8665 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8386 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5411 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19392 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/49838 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49838 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 14, 2009

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

13.08 }} -7.22%

score

0.93486

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability