DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4955

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4955
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4955.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4955
Upstream
Published
2016-07-05T01:59:02Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:29Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / ntp

Package

Name
ntp
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ntp?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:4.2.8p8+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}