PT-2016-7631
CVE-2016-9042
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Published
2016-12-31
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Updated
2024-06-15
Description by
CVSS 3.1
5.9
MediumMetricsAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
ntpd version 4.2.8p9
Description
An issue exists in the origin timestamp check functionality, where a specially crafted unauthenticated network packet can reset the expected origin timestamp for target peers. This causes legitimate replies from targeted peers to fail the origin timestamp check, resulting in a denial of service condition.
Recommendations
For ntpd version 4.2.8p9, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
Exploit
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