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CVE-2016-1550 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2016-1550

CVE-2016-1550

MEDIUM5.3

An exploitable vulnerability exists in the message authentication functionality of libntp in ntp 4

Published Jan 6, 2017

Modified 1 years ago

Details

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.

References(35)

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/

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

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

5.3

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

LowC:L

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

NoneA:N

5.3/CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedJan 6, 2017

ModifiedAug 5, 2024