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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-4956

ntpd in NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (interleaved-mode transition and time change) via a spoofed broadcast packet.

MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 16.4%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.4%, 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 (interleaved-mode transition and time change) via a spoofed broadcast packet. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-1548.

CVSS 3.1
5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS
16.35% probability · 97th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
ntp/ntp · oracle/solaris · suse/manager proxy · suse/openstack cloud · novell/suse manager · opensuse/leap · opensuse/opensuse · suse/linux enterprise desktop · suse/linux enterprise server · siemens/simatic net cp 443-1 opc ua firmware
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

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