CVE-2016-7426 Information

Description

NTP before 4.2.8p9 rate limits responses received from the configured sources when rate limiting for all associations is enabled which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (prevent responses from the sources) by sending responses with a spoofed source address.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://nwtime.org/ntp428p9_release/ http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0252.html http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3071 http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNoticeRecent_Vulnerabilities http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94451 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037354 https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa139 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://usn.ubuntu.com/3707-2/ https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/633847

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5