| Name | CVE-2024-42861 |
| Description | An issue in IEEE 802.1AS linuxptp v.4.2 and before allowing a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted Pdelay_Req message to the time synchronization function |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| linuxptp (PTS) | bullseye | 3.1-2.1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 3.1.1-4 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 4.2-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| linuxptp | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2314319
https://lists.nwtime.org/sympa/arc/linuxptp-users/2024-09/msg00020.html
https://lists.nwtime.org/sympa/arc/linuxptp-devel/2024-09/msg00078.html
https://lists.nwtime.org/sympa/arc/linuxptp-devel/2024-09/msg00080.html
Negligible impact, bugus report and likely a non-security issue