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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-7433): NTP vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-7433): NTP vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/13/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/06/2017
Modified
11/08/2024

Description

NTP before 4.2.8p9 does not properly perform the initial sync calculations, which allows remote attackers to unspecified impact via unknown vectors, related to a "root distance that did not include the peer dispersion."

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-ntp

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