CVE-2014-9296: Ntp

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 16.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The receive function in ntp_proto.c in ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8 continues to execute after detecting a certain authentication error, which might allow remote attackers to trigger an unintended association change via crafted packets.

Affected products

• Ntp Ntp: up to and including 4.2.7

Published 2014-12-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.