ntpq in NTP 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted mode 6…

Description

ntpq in NTP 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted mode 6 response packets.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

12.3% · top 3.8% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2919 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 77288 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• RHSA-2016:2583 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 1033951 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• RHSA-2016:0780 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• DSA-3388 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• GLSA-201607-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171004-0001/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 07:59 UTC.