ALERT Notification: Vulnerability Note VU#348126 in the "monlist" - NTP can be abused to amplify denial-of-service attack traffic

A vulnerability in the "monlist" feature of NTP can allow remote attackers to cause distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) via forged requests. US-CERT and the Canadian Cyber Incident Response Center (CCIRC) have both observed active use of this attack vector in recent DDoS attacks.

For further information, check the following Links:

• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/348126
• http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/cybr-ctr/2014/av14-001-eng.aspx