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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-4957

ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8p8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crypto-NAK packet.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 44.9%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 44.9%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8p8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crypto-NAK packet. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2016-1547.

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
44.94% probability · 99th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-476
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
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

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