CVE-2016-4955
What it is
ntpd in NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p8, when autokey is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (peer-variable clearing and association outage) by sending (1) a spoofed crypto-NAK packet or (2) a packet with an incorrect MAC value at a certain time.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 8.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 8.8% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 5.9 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 8.8% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-362 · Race condition
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Ntp < 4.2.8
- Ntp < 4.3.93
- Ntp 4.2.8
- Oracle Solaris 10
- Oracle Solaris 11.3
- Suse Manager Proxy 2.1
- Suse Openstack Cloud 5
- Novell Suse Manager 2.1
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 5.9
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2016-4955.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2016-4955. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
Fix and advisories
- http://bugs.ntp.org/3043
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3043
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice
- http://bugs.ntp.org/3043
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3043
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice
References
- http://bugs.ntp.org/3043
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00020.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00024.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00028.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00040.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00042.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137321/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ntp-Updates.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137322/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-16-24.ntp.html
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3043
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160603-ntpd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/321640
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538599/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538600/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/538599/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/538600/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91007
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036037
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3096-1
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-211752.pdf
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K3EYJQHJZ2KTVQ7ICEFHXTLZ36MRASWX/