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Ubuntu: USN-3096-1 (CVE-2016-4956): NTP vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3096-1 (CVE-2016-4956): NTP vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/04/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/07/2016
Modified
06/25/2020

Description

ntpd in NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (interleaved-mode transition and time change) via a spoofed broadcast packet. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-1548.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-ntp

References

  • USN-3096-1
  • CVE-2016-4956

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