CVE-2016-1547

ntp: crypto-NAK preemptable association denial of service

Published Jan 6, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 5.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An off-path attacker can cause a preemptible client association to be demobilized in NTP 4.2.8p4 and earlier and NTPSec a5fb34b9cc89b92a8fef2f459004865c93bb7f92 by sending a crypto NAK packet to a victim client with a spoofed source address of an existing associated peer. This is true even if authentication is enabled.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-559-1 ntp security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3629-1 ntp security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-2642 An off-path attacker can cause a preemptible client association to be demobilized in NTP 4.2.8p4 and earlier and NTPSec a5fb34b9cc89b92a8fef2f459004865c93bb7f92 by sending a crypto NAK packet to a victim client with a spoofed source address of an existing associated peer. This is true even if authentication is enabled.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3096-1 NTP vulnerabilities
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
certcc
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 11:02 PM
Reserved
Jan 7, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 6, 2017, 9:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:42 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Apr 26, 2016, 12:00 AM