CVE-2016-7433

Summary

CVECVE-2016-7433
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-01-13 16:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:34:00 UTC
DescriptionNTP before 4.2.8p9 does not properly perform the initial sync calculations, which allows remote attackers to unspecified impact via unknown vectors, related to a "root distance that did not include the peer dispersion."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-682

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ntp Ntp All p8 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
FreeBSD-SA-16:39 FREEBSD security.FreeBSD.org
Siemens SIMATIC NET CP 443-1 OPC UA | CISA MISC us-cert.cisa.gov
NTP CVE-2016-7433 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: ntp-4.2.6p5-43.fc23 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: ntp-4.2.6p5-43.fc25 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice CONFIRM support.ntp.org Vendor Advisory
ntp Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Cause the Target Service to Crash - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
BSA-2017-227 CONFIRM www.broadcom.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-211752.pdf CONFIRM cert-portal.siemens.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: ntp-4.2.6p5-43.fc25 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Document Display | HPE Support Center CONFIRM h20566.www2.hpe.com
BSA-2017-227 CONFIRM www.broadcom.com
support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3067 CONFIRM support.ntp.org Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
USN-3349-1: NTP vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: ntp-4.2.6p5-43.fc23 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Broadcom Support Portal CONFIRM bto.bluecoat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: ntp-4.2.6p5-43.fc24 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Network Time Foundation Publishes NTP 4.2.8p9 Security Release CONFIRM nwtime.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2016:3280-1: moderate: Security update for ntp SUSE lists.opensuse.org
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2017 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: ntp-4.2.6p5-43.fc24 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
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
Security Advisory - Multiple NTPd Vulnerabilities in Huawei Products CONFIRM www.huawei.com
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)
  • 590736 Siemens SIMATIC NET CP 443-1 OPC UA Multiple Vulnerabilities (ICSA-21-159-11)
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