CVE-2016-7429

CVE Details

Release Date:

2016-11-21

Description

NTP before 4.2.8p9 changes the peer structure to the interface itreceives the response from a source, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (prevent communication with a source) by sending a response for a source to an interface the source does not use.

See more information about CVE-2016-7429 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:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (ntp)	ELSA-2017-0252	2017-02-06
Oracle Linux version 7 (ntp)	ELSA-2017-0252	2017-02-06
Oracle VM version 3.3 (ntp)	OVMSA-2017-0038	2017-02-06
Oracle VM version 3.4 (ntp)	OVMSA-2017-0038	2017-02-06

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