PT-2016-3842

CVE-2015-7974

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Published

2016-01-26

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Updated

2024-06-15

Description by

CVSS 3.1
7.7
High
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NTP versions 4.x before 4.2.8p6 NTP versions 4.3.x before 4.3.90
Description The issue allows remote attackers to conduct impersonation attacks via an arbitrary trusted key, also known as a "skeleton key", because peer associations of symmetric keys are not verified when authenticating packets.
Recommendations For NTP versions 4.x before 4.2.8p6, update to version 4.2.8p6 or later. For NTP versions 4.3.x before 4.3.90, update to version 4.3.90 or later.
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Related identifiers
ALT-PU-2017-2335
CESA-2016_2583
DLA-559-1
DSA-3629-1
MGASA-2016-0039
OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1292-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1329-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10181-1
RHSA-2016:2583
RHSA-2016_2583
SUSE-SU-2016:1175-1
SUSE-SU-2016:1177-1
SUSE-SU-2016:1247-1
SUSE-SU-2016:1278-1
SUSE-SU-2016:1291-1
SUSE-SU-2016:1311-1
SUSE-SU-2016:1471-1
SUSE-SU-2016:1568-1
USN-3096-1
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