Improper Input Validation Affecting ntp package, versions [0,ntp-4.2.8p9)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.22% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-NTP-2382727
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed13 Jan 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-7431  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ntp to version ntp-4.2.8p9 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. NTP before 4.2.8p9 allows remote attackers to bypass the origin timestamp protection mechanism via an origin timestamp of zero. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2015-8138 regression.

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