CVE-2016-7426

Summary

CVECVE-2016-7426
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-01-13 16:59:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionNTP before 4.2.8p9 rate limits responses received from the configured sources when rate limiting for all associations is enabled, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (prevent responses from the sources) by sending responses with a spoofed source address.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-400 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ntp Ntp All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Network Time Foundation Publishes NTP 4.2.8p9 Security Release af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 nwtime.org Third Party Advisory
Vulnerability Note VU#633847 - NTP.org ntpd contains multiple denial of service vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Broadcom Support Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bto.bluecoat.com Third Party Advisory
support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.ntp.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Document Display | HPE Support Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h20566.www2.hpe.com Third Party Advisory
support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3071 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.ntp.org Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
ntp Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Cause the Target Service to Crash - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-3707-2: NTP vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:39.ntp.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.FreeBSD.org Third Party Advisory
NTP CVE-2016-7426 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 378199 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for ntp (VZLSA-2017:0252)
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