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CVE-2016-1549

nvd nist
Published: Jan 6, 2017Modified: May 6, 2026

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6.5
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

Description

A malicious authenticated peer can create arbitrarily-many ephemeral associations in order to win the clock selection algorithm in ntpd in NTP 4.2.8p4 and earlier and NTPsec 3e160db8dc248a0bcb053b56a80167dc742d2b74 and a5fb34b9cc89b92a8fef2f459004865c93bb7f92 and modify a victim's clock.

Affected (1)

Products: Ntp: Ntp
Ntp
1 product
Ntp
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Ntp
Version 4.2.8 p4

Related CWEs

CWE-19
CWE-19

References (18)

Source: cret@cert.org
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MitigationTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
Source: cret@cert.org
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Source: cret@cert.org
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
MitigationTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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