CVE-2016-2519medium
Description
ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8p7 and 4.3.x before 4.3.92 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ntpd abort) by a large request data value, which triggers the ctl_getitem function to return a NULL value.
References
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3008
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88204
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035705
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:16.ntp.asc
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2017-01-30
Updated: 2017-11-21
Type: CWE-119
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Base Score: 4.9
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Impact Score: 6.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS v3
Base Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 2.2
Severity: MEDIUM