vulnerability

NTP: Improper Input Validation (CVE-2016-7434)

Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

Jan 13, 2017

Added

Feb 23, 2023

Modified

Mar 1, 2023

Description

The read_mru_list function in NTP before 4.2.8p9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted mrulist query.

ntp-upgrade-4_3_94

Rapid7 Labs

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