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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-7428): NTP vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-7428): NTP vulnerabilities

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/13/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/06/2017
Modified
01/31/2019

Description

ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8p9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reject broadcast mode packets) via the poll interval in a broadcast packet.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-ntp

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