Out-of-Bounds Affecting ntp package, versions <1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.5


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.12% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-NTP-372935
  • published30 Jan 2017
  • disclosed30 Jan 2017

Introduced: 30 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-2519  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 ntp to version 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ntp package and not the ntp package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8p7 and 4.3.x before 4.3.92 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ntpd abort) by a large request data value, which triggers the ctl_getitem function to return a NULL value.

CVSS Scores

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