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

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (ntp)	ELSA-2016-1141	2016-05-31
Oracle Linux version 7 (ntp)	ELSA-2016-1141	2016-05-31
Oracle VM version 3.3 (ntp)	OVMSA-2016-0082	2016-05-31
Oracle VM version 3.4 (ntp)	OVMSA-2016-0082	2016-05-31

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