# CVE-2019-6444: An issue was discovered in NTPsec before 1.1.3.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2019-01-16 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in NTPsec before 1.1.3. process_control() in ntp_control.c has a stack-based buffer over-read because attacker-controlled data is dereferenced by ntohl() in ntpd.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://dumpco.re/bugs/ntpsec-oobread2
- https://dumpco.re/blog/ntpsec-bugs
- https://github.com/ntpsec/ntpsec/blob/NTPsec_1_1_3/NEWS
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46176/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46176

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