CVE-2016-7434

high

Description

The read_mru_list function in NTP before 4.2.8p9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted mrulist query.

References

Advisories
More

https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/633847

https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:39.ntp.asc

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03706en_us

https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa139

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037354

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94448

http://nwtime.org/ntp428p9_release/

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

http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3082

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-01-13

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.71728