CVE-2016-7429

low
Published 2017-01-13 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
3.7
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
3.7

Description

NTP before 4.2.8p9 changes the peer structure to the interface it receives the response from a source, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (prevent communication with a source) by sending a response for a source to an interface the source does not use.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
47%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7429

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7429.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#Recent_Vulnerabilities

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3072

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://nwtime.org/ntp428p9_release/

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-28

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
arch archfixed4.2.8.p9-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1:4.2.8p9+dfsg-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ntpntp{"endIncluding":"4.2.8"}

References

CWEs

CWE-18

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.