CVE-2016-1550
medium
CVSS v3
5.3
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.3
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
63%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:4.2.8p7+dfsg-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ntp | ntp | 4.2.8 | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1550.html
- 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
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.