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IBM AIX: ntp_advisory7 (CVE-2016-2519): Vulnerabilities in NTP affect AIX

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IBM AIX: ntp_advisory7 (CVE-2016-2519): Vulnerabilities in NTP affect AIX

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
01/30/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/30/2017
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8p7 and 4.3.x before 4.3.92 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ntpd abort) by a large request data value, which triggers the ctl_getitem function to return a NULL value.

Solution(s)

  • ibm-aix-ntp_advisory7

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