CVE-2016-4957

Summary

CVECVE-2016-4957
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-07-05 01:59:00 UTC
Updated2020-06-18 18:07:00 UTC
Descriptionntpd in NTP before 4.2.8p8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crypto-NAK packet. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2016-1547.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Novell Suse Manager 2.1 All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Manager 2.1 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.8 p7 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.92 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.8 p7 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.92 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 10 All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 11.3 All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 10 All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 11.3 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp1 All All
Application Suse Manager Proxy 2.1 All All All
Application Suse Manager Proxy 2.1 All All All
Application Suse Openstack Cloud 5 All All All
Application Suse Openstack Cloud 5 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Oracle Solaris Bulletin - April 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:1636-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:1583-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
NTP: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201607-15) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1602-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
ntp Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Modify Parameters and Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice CONFIRM support.ntp.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3046 CONFIRM support.ntp.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Bug 3046 – CRYPTO_NAK crash CONFIRM bugs.ntp.org Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Vulnerability Note VU#321640 - NTP.org ntpd is vulnerable to denial of service and other vulnerabilities CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1563-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1584-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
FreeBSD-SA-16:24 FREEBSD security.FreeBSD.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 690292 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for FreeBSD (7cfcea05-600a-11e6-a6c3-14dae9d210b8)
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