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CVE-2016-7433 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2016-7433

CVE-2016-7433

MEDIUM5.3

NTP before 4

Published Jan 13, 2017

Modified 1 years ago

Details

NTP before 4.2.8p9 does not properly perform the initial sync calculations, which allows remote attackers to unspecified impact via unknown vectors, related to a "root distance that did not include the peer dispersion."

References(26)

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

http://nwtime.org/ntp428p9_release/

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0252.html

http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3067

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/94455

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://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ILMSYVQMMF37MANYEO7KBHOPSC74EKGN/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PABKEYX6ABBFJZGMXKH57X756EJUDS3C/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U5E3XBBCK5IXOLDAH2E4M3QKIYIHUMMP/

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

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

https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2017-227

https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2017-227/

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7433

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

NoneI:N

Availability

LowA:L

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

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedJan 13, 2017

ModifiedAug 6, 2024