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Cisco XE: CVE-2016-4956: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Network Time Protocol Daemon Affecting Cisco Products: June 2016

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Cisco XE: CVE-2016-4956: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Network Time Protocol Daemon Affecting Cisco Products: June 2016

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/05/2016
Created
08/02/2019
Added
07/30/2019
Modified
01/05/2024

Description

ntpd in NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (interleaved-mode transition and time change) via a spoofed broadcast packet. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-1548.

Solution(s)

  • cisco-xe-upgrade-latest

References

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