NTP: Improper Input Validation (CVE-2016-7431)
5
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
01/13/2017
02/28/2023
02/23/2023
03/01/2023
Description
NTP before 4.2.8p9 allows remote attackers to bypass the origin timestamp protection mechanism via an origin timestamp of zero. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2015-8138 regression.
Solution(s)
- ntp-upgrade-latest
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