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CVE-2016-7431 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2016-7431

CVE-2016-7431

MEDIUM5.3

NTP before 4

Published Jan 13, 2017

Modified 1 years ago

Details

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.

References(26)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00153.html

http://nwtime.org/ntp428p9_release/

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140240/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-16.39.ntp.html

http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3102

http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#Recent_Vulnerabilities

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20171129-01-ntpd-en

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539955/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540254/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/539955/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/540254/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94454

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037354

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3349-1

https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa139

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-211752.pdf

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03706en_us

https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:39.ntp.asc

https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03883en_us

https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03899en_us

https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03883en_us

https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03899en_us

https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-159-11

https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2017-223/

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7431

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

NoneC:N

Integrity

LowI:L

Availability

NoneA:N

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

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedJan 13, 2017

ModifiedAug 6, 2024