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
HighMetricsAV: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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