vulnerability

Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-6301: Vulnerability in Multiple Components

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Dec 9, 2016
Added
Sep 20, 2017
Modified
Oct 1, 2024

Description

The recv_and_process_client_pkt function in networking/ntpd.c in busybox allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and bandwidth consumption) via a forged NTP packet, which triggers a communication loop.

Solution

alpine-linux-upgrade-busybox
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