CVE-2016-1550

CVE Details

Release Date:2016-04-26

Description


An exploitable vulnerability exists in the message authenticationfunctionality of libntp in ntp 4.2.8p4 and NTPSec a5fb34b9cc89b92a8fef2f459004865c93bb7f92. An attacker can send a series of crafted messages to attempt to recover the message digest key.

See more information about CVE-2016-1550 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


CVSS v2.0 metrics


NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score: 2.6 Base Metrics: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector: Local network Attack Complexity: High
Authentication: None required Confidentiality Impact: Partial
Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: None

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (ntp)ELSA-2016-11412016-05-31
Oracle Linux version 7 (ntp)ELSA-2016-11412016-05-31
Oracle VM version 3.3 (ntp)OVMSA-2016-00822016-05-31
Oracle VM version 3.4 (ntp)OVMSA-2016-00822016-05-31



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