CVE-2016-9311

Publication date 13 January 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8p9, when the trap service is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted packet.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
ntp	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 1:4.2.8p8+dfsg-1ubuntu2.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.5
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.11
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
ntp	Vendor: https://git.centos.org/blob/rpms!ntp.git/4eb1db127a6177011bd913bf4f446e8f701179d6/SOURCES!ntp-4.2.6p5-cve-2016-9311.patch Upstream: http://bk1.ntp.org/ntp-stable/?PAGE=cset&REV=57e56dd78oiRnU9VrH-kn67zwJOoaA

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.9 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2016-9311

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Status

Patch details

Severity score breakdown

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