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Date:      Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:18:20 -0500
From:      Harlan Stenn <stenn@ntp.org>
To:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Cc:        stenn@ntp.org
Subject:   Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-10:02.ntpd
Message-ID:  <20100107001820.36C8128438@gwc.pfcs.com>
In-Reply-To: FreeBSD Security Advisories's (security-advisories@freebsd.org) message dated Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:55:36. <201001062255.o06MtanW089116@freefall.freebsd.org> 

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Not quite...

> II.  Problem Description
> 
> If ntpd receives a mode 7 (MODE_PRIVATE) request or error response

it's a *malformed* mode 7 request, or an error response ...

Normal mode 7 requests have been (and are) handled just fine and are not
logged by default.

> from a source address not listed in either a 'restrict ... noquery'
> or a 'restrict ... ignore' section it will log the even and send

s/even/event/

> a mode 7 error response.

> IV.  Workaround
> 
> Proper filtering of mode 7 NTP packets by a firewall can limit the
> number of systems used to attack your resources.

If you can find a firewall that will do this, please lemme know.

We haven't found any.

Thanks...

H



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