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Ubuntu: USN-3096-1 (CVE-2016-2518): NTP vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3096-1 (CVE-2016-2518): NTP vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/11/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/07/2016
Modified
06/19/2018

Description

The MATCH_ASSOC function in NTP before version 4.2.8p9 and 4.3.x before 4.3.92 allows remote attackers to cause an out-of-bounds reference via an addpeer request with a large hmode value.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-ntp

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