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FreeBSD-SA-10:02.ntpd Security Advisory
The FreeBSD Project
Topic: ntpd mode 7 denial of service
Category: contrib
Module: ntpd
Announced: 2010-01-06
Affects: All supported versions of FreeBSD.
Corrected: 2010-01-06 21:45:30 UTC (RELENG_8, 8.0-STABLE)
2010-01-06 21:45:30 UTC (RELENG_8_0, 8.0-RELEASE-p2)
2010-01-06 21:45:30 UTC (RELENG_7, 7.2-STABLE)
2010-01-06 21:45:30 UTC (RELENG_7_2, 7.2-RELEASE-p6)
2010-01-06 21:45:30 UTC (RELENG_7_1, 7.1-RELEASE-p10)
2010-01-06 21:45:30 UTC (RELENG_6, 6.4-STABLE)
2010-01-06 21:45:30 UTC (RELENG_6_4, 6.4-RELEASE-p9)
2010-01-06 21:45:30 UTC (RELENG_6_3, 6.3-RELEASE-p15)
CVE Name: CVE-2009-3563
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including descriptions of the fields above, security branches, and the
following sections, please visit <URL:http://security.FreeBSD.org/>.
I. Background
The ntpd(8) daemon is an implementation of the Network Time Protocol (NTP)
used to synchronize the time of a computer system to a reference time
source.
II. Problem Description
If ntpd receives a mode 7 (MODE_PRIVATE) request or error response
from a source address not listed in either a 'restrict ... noquery'
or a 'restrict ... ignore' section it will log the even and send
a mode 7 error response.
III. Impact
If an attacker can spoof such a packet from a source IP of an affected
ntpd to the same or a different affected ntpd, the host(s) will endlessly
send error responses to each other and log each event, consuming network
bandwidth, CPU and possibly disk space.
IV. Workaround
Proper filtering of mode 7 NTP packets by a firewall can limit the
number of systems used to attack your resources.
V. Solution
Perform one of the following:
1) Upgrade your vulnerable system to 6-STABLE, 7-STABLE or 8-STABLE,
or to the RELENG_8_0, RELENG_7_2, RELENG_7_1, RELENG_6_4, or
RELENG_6_3 security branch dated after the correction date.
2) To patch your present system:
The following patches have been verified to apply to FreeBSD 6.3, 6.4,
7.1, 7.2, and 8.0 systems.
a) Download the relevant patch from the location below, and verify the
detached PGP signature using your PGP utility.
# fetch http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-10:02/ntpd.patch
# fetch http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-10:02/ntpd.patch.asc
b) Execute the following commands as root:
# cd /usr/src
# patch < /path/to/patch
# cd /usr/src/usr.sbin/ntp/ntpd
# make obj && make depend && make && make install
# /etc/rc.d/ntpd restart
VI. Correction details
The following list contains the revision numbers of each file that was
corrected in FreeBSD.
CVS:
Branch Revision
Path
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
RELENG_6
src/contrib/ntp/ntpd/ntp_request.c 1.1.1.4.8.2
RELENG_6_4
src/UPDATING 1.416.2.40.2.13
src/sys/conf/newvers.sh 1.69.2.18.2.15
src/contrib/ntp/ntpd/ntp_request.c 1.1.1.4.8.1.2.1
RELENG_6_3
src/UPDATING 1.416.2.37.2.20
src/sys/conf/newvers.sh 1.69.2.15.2.19
src/contrib/ntp/ntpd/ntp_request.c 1.1.1.4.20.1
RELENG_7
src/contrib/ntp/ntpd/ntp_request.c 1.1.1.4.18.2
RELENG_7_2
src/UPDATING 1.507.2.23.2.9
src/sys/conf/newvers.sh 1.72.2.11.2.10
src/contrib/ntp/ntpd/ntp_request.c 1.1.1.4.18.1.4.1
RELENG_7_1
src/UPDATING 1.507.2.13.2.13
src/sys/conf/newvers.sh 1.72.2.9.2.14
src/contrib/ntp/ntpd/ntp_request.c 1.1.1.4.18.1.2.1
RELENG_8
src/contrib/ntp/ntpd/ntp_request.c 1.2.2.1
RELENG_8_0
src/UPDATING 1.632.2.7.2.5
src/sys/conf/newvers.sh 1.83.2.6.2.5
src/contrib/ntp/ntpd/ntp_request.c 1.2.4.1
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Subversion:
Branch/path Revision
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
stable/6/ r201679
releng/6.4/ r201679
releng/6.3/ r201679
stable/7/ r201679
releng/7.2/ r201679
releng/7.1/ r201679
stable/8/ r201679
releng/8.0/ r201679
head/ r200576
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
VII. References
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#DoS_attack_from_certain_NTP_mode
https://support.ntp.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1331
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/568372
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3563
The latest revision of this advisory is available at
http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-10:02.ntpd.asc
