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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-4953

ntpd in NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ephemeral-association demobilization) by sending a spoofed crypto-NAK packet with incorrect authentication data at a certain time.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 17.2%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 17.2%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

ntpd in NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ephemeral-association demobilization) by sending a spoofed crypto-NAK packet with incorrect authentication data at a certain time.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
17.24% probability · 97th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-287
Affected
ntp/ntp · oracle/solaris · suse/manager · suse/manager proxy · suse/openstack cloud · opensuse/leap · opensuse/opensuse · suse/linux enterprise desktop · suse/linux enterprise server · siemens/simatic net cp 443-1 opc ua firmware · siemens/tim 4r-ie firmware · siemens/tim 4r-ie dnp3 firmware
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.