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01 Record

CVE-2016-4955

ntpd in NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p8, when autokey is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (peer-variable clearing and association outage) by sending (1) a spoofed crypto-NAK packet

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

ntpd in NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p8, when autokey is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (peer-variable clearing and association outage) by sending (1) a spoofed crypto-NAK packet

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
8.77% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 94.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
5.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2016-07-05 01:00Z10 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-06 00:46Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2016-05-23
Assigning CNA
mitre
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
Data version
5.1
Document digest
c9db03d0bf9385070a4eb4c8fac3fe845e7bbecc822e205c7417ffd8f88d40bd

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
novellsuse_managerNot specified—
ntpntpNot specified—
opensuseleapNot specified—
opensuseopensuseNot specified—
oraclesolarisNot specified—
redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—
siemenssimatic_net_cp_443-1_opc_uaNot specified—
suselinux_enterprise_desktopNot specified—
suselinux_enterprise_serverNot specified—
susemanager_proxyNot specified—
suseopenstack_cloudNot specified—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Debian 11

  • ntp
    Fixed in 1:4.2.8p8+dfsg-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

  • ntp
    Fixed in 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  • ntp
    Fixed in 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.3

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.