vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2016-4957: ntp -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jul 5, 2016
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8p8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crypto-NAK packet. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2016-1547.

Solution

debian-upgrade-ntp
Title
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