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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-7431

NTP before 4.2.8p9 allows remote attackers to bypass the origin timestamp protection mechanism via an origin timestamp of zero.

MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 8.71%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (8.71%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

NTP before 4.2.8p9 allows remote attackers to bypass the origin timestamp protection mechanism via an origin timestamp of zero. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2015-8138 regression.

CVSS 3.0
5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS
8.71% probability · 95th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
ntp/ntp
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

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