vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-4955: Security patch for ntp (ALAS-2016-727)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jul 4, 2016 | Aug 1, 2016 | Aug 25, 2020 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jul 4, 2016
Added
Aug 1, 2016
Modified
Aug 25, 2020
Description
ntpd in NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p8, when autokey is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (peer-variable clearing and association outage) by sending (1) a spoofed crypto-NAK packet or (2) a packet with an incorrect MAC value at a certain time.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-ntp
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