Resource management errors in ntp - CVE-2016-7426
Published: April 30, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12303
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-2016-7426
CWE-ID: CWE-399
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 rate limits responses received from the configured sources when rate limiting for all associations is enabled. A remote attacker can send responses with a spoofed source address and cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists due to rate limits responses received from the configured sources when rate limiting for all associations is enabled. A remote attacker can send responses with a spoofed source address and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-7426
Update to version 4.2.8p9.