vulnerability
NTP: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CVE-2016-2519)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jan 30, 2017 | Feb 23, 2023 | Mar 1, 2023 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jan 30, 2017
Added
Feb 23, 2023
Modified
Mar 1, 2023
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
ntp-upgrade-latest
References
- BID-88204
- CERT-VN-718152
- CVE-2016-2519
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-2519
- URL-http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3008
- URL-http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- URL-http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88204
- URL-http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035705
- URL-https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:16.ntp.asc
- URL-https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15
- URL-https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171004-0002/
- URL-https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/718152
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