PT-2016-6821 · None+1 · Busybox+1

T. Weber · Published 2016-08-09 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-6301

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions busybox (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, consuming CPU and bandwidth, by sending a forged NTP packet. This triggers a communication loop due to the recv and process client pkt function in networking/ntpd.c.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-6301

MGASA-2016-0277

OPENSUSE-SU-2022:0135-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2022_0135-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2022_3959-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11738-1

SUSE-SU-2022:0135-1

SUSE-SU-2022:0135-2

SUSE-SU-2022:3959-1

SUSE-SU-2022:4253-1

Affected Products

Suse

Busybox

References · 160

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-03364 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11738-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-05992 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2022:0135-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6301 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-03343 · Security Note
• https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=150dc7a2b483b8338a3e185c478b4b23ee884e71 · Patch
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-05995 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-06387 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2022:0135-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-03341 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-03344 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-06000 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2022:4253-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-03800 · Security Note