vulnerability
IBM AIX: ntp_advisory10 (CVE-2016-1549): Multiple vulnerabilities in NTPv3 and NTPv4 that impact AIX
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Jan 6, 2017 | Aug 16, 2018 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jan 6, 2017
Added
Aug 16, 2018
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
A malicious authenticated peer can create arbitrarily-many ephemeral associations in order to win the clock selection algorithm in ntpd in NTP 4.2.8p4 and earlier and NTPsec 3e160db8dc248a0bcb053b56a80167dc742d2b74 and a5fb34b9cc89b92a8fef2f459004865c93bb7f92 and modify a victim's clock.
Solution
ibm-aix-ntp_advisory10
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