CVE-2016-7429

Summary

CVECVE-2016-7429
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-01-13 16:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-01-05 02:31:00 UTC
DescriptionNTP before 4.2.8p9 changes the peer structure to the interface it receives the response from a source, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (prevent communication with a source) by sending a response for a source to an interface the source does not use.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-18

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ntp Ntp All p8 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice CONFIRM support.ntp.org Vendor Advisory
NTP CVE-2016-7429 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
ntp Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Cause the Target Service to Crash - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Document Display | HPE Support Center CONFIRM h20566.www2.hpe.com
support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3072 CONFIRM support.ntp.org Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Broadcom Support Portal CONFIRM bto.bluecoat.com
Network Time Foundation Publishes NTP 4.2.8p9 Security Release CONFIRM nwtime.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2017 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
Vulnerability Note VU#633847 - NTP.org ntpd contains multiple denial of service vulnerabilities CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
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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