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Cisco XE: CVE-2015-7974: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Network Time Protocol Daemon Affecting Cisco Products: January 2016

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Cisco XE: CVE-2015-7974: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Network Time Protocol Daemon Affecting Cisco Products: January 2016

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
01/26/2016
Created
08/02/2019
Added
07/30/2019
Modified
01/05/2024

Description

NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 do not verify peer associations of symmetric keys when authenticating packets, which might allow remote attackers to conduct impersonation attacks via an arbitrary trusted key, aka a "skeleton key."

Solution(s)

  • cisco-xe-upgrade-latest

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