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Ubuntu: USN-3096-1 (CVE-2015-8158): NTP vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 9, 2016
Added
Oct 7, 2016
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

The getresponse function in ntpq in NTP versions before 4.2.8p9 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted packets with incorrect values.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-ntp
Title
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