vulnerability

IBM AIX: ntp_advisory7 (CVE-2015-7974): Vulnerabilities in NTP affect AIX

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jan 26, 2016
Added
Nov 30, 2017
Modified
Aug 11, 2025

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

ibm-aix-ntp_advisory7
Title
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