Data handling in ntp - CVE-2016-7429
Published: April 30, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12302
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7429
CWE-ID: CWE-19
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: ntp.org
Affected software:
ntp
ntp
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to changing the peer structure to the interface NTP receives the response from a source. A remote attacker can send a response for a source to an interface the source does not use and cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists due to changing the peer structure to the interface NTP receives the response from a source. A remote attacker can send a response for a source to an interface the source does not use and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-7429
Update to version 4.2.8p9.