CVE-2016-2519 Information

Description

ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8p7 and 4.3.x before 4.3.92 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ntpd abort) by a large request data value which triggers the ctl_getitem function to return a NULL value.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3008 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88204 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035705 https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:16.ntp.asc https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171004-0002/ https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/718152

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.9