CVE-2016-4955
MEDIUM5.9EPSS 1.7%Published: 7/5/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4955
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 or (2) a packet with an incorrect MAC value at a certain time.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/ntpfrom 0, < 1:4.2.8p8+dfsg-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |