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NTP: Unspecified Security Vulnerability (CVE-2016-4956)

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NTP: Unspecified Security Vulnerability (CVE-2016-4956)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/05/2016
Created
02/28/2023
Added
02/23/2023
Modified
03/01/2023

Description

ntpd in NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (interleaved-mode transition and time change) via a spoofed broadcast packet. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-1548.

Solution(s)

  • ntp-upgrade-4_2_8
  • ntp-upgrade-4_3_93

References

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