Race condition in ntp - CVE-2016-4954
Published: June 10, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU54025
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-2016-4954
CWE-ID: CWE-362
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 perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in the "process_packet" function in ntp_proto.c in ntpd. A remote attacker can exploit the race and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-4954
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/321640
- http://bugs.ntp.org/3044
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3044
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00024.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00028.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00040.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03757en_us
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036037
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:24.ntp.asc
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-497656.pdf
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-103-11
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-211752.pdf