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01 Record

CVE-2016-9042

An exploitable denial of service vulnerability exists in the origin timestamp check functionality of ntpd 4.2.8p9. A specially crafted unauthenticated network packet can be used to reset the expected

LowPUBLISHEDCNA: talos
CNA base score3.7 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

02 Description

An exploitable denial of service vulnerability exists in the origin timestamp check functionality of ntpd 4.2.8p9. A specially crafted unauthenticated network packet can be used to reset the expected

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
3.91% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 89.8% 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
Moderate. 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
2018-06-04 20:00Z8 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-17 03:53Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2016-10-26
Assigning CNA
talos
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Low (CVSS 3.7)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weaknesses
  • CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
8467961d0ca638a7e3a660b24a51bb608116f010da426d17082cd41e056fb734

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
TalosNetwork Time ProtocolNTP 4.2.8p9—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Debian 11

  • ntp
    Fixed in 1:4.2.8p10+dfsg-1

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

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