PT-2016-7631 · Ntp+3 · Ntpd+3

Matthew Van Gundy · Published 2016-12-31 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-9042

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ntpd version 4.2.8p9

Description An issue exists in the origin timestamp check functionality, where a specially crafted unauthenticated network packet can reset the expected origin timestamp for target peers. This causes legitimate replies from targeted peers to fail the origin timestamp check, resulting in a denial of service condition.

Recommendations For ntpd version 4.2.8p9, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-9042

FREEBSD-SA-17_03

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11102-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1047-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1048-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1052-1

SUSE-SU-2017_1047-1

SUSE-SU-2017_1048-1

SUSE-SU-2017_1052-1

USN-3349-1

Affected Products

Freebsd

Suse

Ubuntu

Ntpd

References · 74

• 🔥 https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0260 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:1048-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3349-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6462 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9042 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9042 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9042 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2519 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:1047-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6460 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7429 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7428 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7KVLFA3J43QFIP4I7HE7KQ5FXSMJEKC6 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9310 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9042 · Vendor Advisory