vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-3096-1 (CVE-2016-1550): NTP vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Oct 5, 2016 | Oct 7, 2016 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Oct 5, 2016
Added
Oct 7, 2016
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
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
ubuntu-upgrade-ntp
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