VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-1550
An exploitable vulnerability exists in the message authentication functionality of libntp in ntp 4.2.8p4 and NTPSec a5fb34b9cc89b92a8fef2f459004865c93bb7f92.
MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 3.63%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.63%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An exploitable vulnerability exists in the message authentication functionality 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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.63% probability · 89th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- ntp/ntp
- Source
- cret@cert.org
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183647.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184669.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00034.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00037.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00052.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00020.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00042.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00114.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136864/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ntp-Updates.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1552.html
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160428-ntpd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3629
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538233/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/538233/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88261
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035705
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0084/Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3096-1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1141
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-211752.pdf
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-497656.pdf
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:16.ntp.asc
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171004-0002/
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-103-11
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-159-11
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.