CVE-2016-4953

high

Description

ntpd in NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ephemeral-association demobilization) by sending a spoofed crypto-NAK packet with incorrect authentication data at a certain time.

References

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/321640

http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3045

http://bugs.ntp.org/3045

http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00023.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00018.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00024.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00028.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00040.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91010

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03757en_us

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036037

https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:24.ntp.asc

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-497656.pdf

https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-103-11

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-211752.pdf

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2016-07-05

Updated: 2021-07-16

Type: CWE-287

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: HIGH