vulnerability

CentOS Linux: CVE-2016-7429: Moderate: ntp security update (CESA-2017:0252)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 13, 2017
Added
Feb 7, 2017
Modified
May 25, 2023

Description

NTP before 4.2.8p9 changes the peer structure to the interface it receives the response from a source, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (prevent communication with a source) by sending a response for a source to an interface the source does not use.

Solutions

centos-upgrade-ntpcentos-upgrade-ntp-debuginfocentos-upgrade-ntp-doccentos-upgrade-ntp-perlcentos-upgrade-ntpdatecentos-upgrade-sntp
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