Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 8, 2010· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2010-0294
CVE-2010-0294
Description
chronyd in Chrony before 1.23.1, and possibly 1.24-pre1, generates a syslog message for each unauthorized cmdmon packet, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) via a large number of invalid packets.
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Affected products
12cpe:2.3:a:tuxfamily:chrony:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 11 more
- cpe:2.3:a:tuxfamily:chrony:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.23-pre1
- cpe:2.3:a:tuxfamily:chrony:1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tuxfamily:chrony:1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tuxfamily:chrony:1.19-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tuxfamily:chrony:1.19.99.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tuxfamily:chrony:1.19.99.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tuxfamily:chrony:1.19.99.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tuxfamily:chrony:1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tuxfamily:chrony:1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tuxfamily:chrony:1.21-pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tuxfamily:chrony:1.24-pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <1.23.1
Patches
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References
7- chrony.tuxfamily.org/News.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/38106nvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/38428nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/38480nvdVendor Advisory
- git.tuxfamily.org/chrony/chrony.git/nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1992nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
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