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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-1550) (Multiple Advisories): ntp security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-1550) (Multiple Advisories): ntp security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
01/06/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/06/2017
Modified
11/23/2022

Description

An exploitable vulnerability exists in the message authentication functionality of libntp in ntp 4.2.8p4 and NTPSec a5fb34b9cc89b92a8fef2f459004865c93bb7f92. An attacker can send a series of crafted messages to attempt to recover the message digest key.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ntp
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ntp-doc
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ntp-perl
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ntpdate
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-sntp

References

  • ELSA-2017-3071
  • DLA-559-1
  • DSA-3629
  • USN-3096-1
  • CVE-2016-1550

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