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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-9311: Security patch for ntp (ALAS-2017-781)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jan 4, 2017
Added
Jan 5, 2017
Modified
Oct 14, 2022

Description

ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8p9, when the trap service is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted packet.

Solution

amazon-linux-upgrade-ntp
Title
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