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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-1550: Security patch for ntp (ALAS-2016-708)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-1550: Security patch for ntp (ALAS-2016-708)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
06/02/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/01/2017
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

An exploitable vulnerability exists in the message authentication functionality of libntp in ntp 4.2.8p4 and NTPSec a5fb34b9cc89b92a8fef2f459004865c93bb7f92. An attacker can send a series of crafted messages to attempt to recover the message digest key.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ntp

References

  • ALAS-2016-708
  • DLA-559-1
  • DSA-3629
  • USN-3096-1
  • CVE-2016-1550

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