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AIX NTP v3 Advisory : ntp_advisory8.asc (IV92194) (IV91803) (IV92193) (IV91951) (IV92192) (IV92067)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 102129

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Synopsis

The remote AIX host has a version of NTP installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of NTP installed on the remote AIX host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

 - A denial of service vulnerability exists in the broadcast mode replay prevention functionality. An unauthenticated, adjacent attacker can exploit this, via specially crafted broadcast mode NTP packets periodically injected into the broadcast domain, to cause ntpd to reject broadcast mode packets from legitimate NTP broadcast servers. (CVE-2016-7427)

 - A denial of service vulnerability exists in the broadcast mode poll interval functionality. An unauthenticated, adjacent attacker can exploit this, via specially crafted broadcast mode NTP packets, to cause ntpd to reject packets from a legitimate NTP broadcast server. (CVE-2016-7428)

 - A flaw exists in the control mode (mode 6) functionality when handling specially crafted control mode packets. An unauthenticated, adjacent attacker can exploit this to set or disable ntpd traps, resulting in the disclosure of potentially sensitive information, disabling of legitimate monitoring, or DDoS amplification.
 (CVE-2016-9310)

 - A NULL pointer dereference flaw exists in the report_event() function within file ntpd/ntp_control.c when the trap service handles certain peer events. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted packet, to cause a denial of service condition. (CVE-2016-9311)

Solution

A fix is available and can be downloaded from the IBM AIX website.

See Also

https://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ntp_advisory8.asc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 102129

File Name: aix_ntp_v3_advisory8.nasl

Version: 3.10

Type: local

Published: 8/3/2017

Updated: 12/4/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-9310

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ntp:ntp, cpe:/o:ibm:aix

Required KB Items: Host/AIX/lslpp, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AIX/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/13/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/23/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7427, CVE-2016-7428, CVE-2016-9310, CVE-2016-9311

BID: 94444, 94446, 94447, 94452

CERT: 633847