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A vulnerability was found in ntpd up to 4.2.8p8 (Network Management Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Rate Limit Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The bug was discovered 11/21/2016. The weakness was disclosed 01/13/2017 by Miroslav Lichvar with Red Hat (Website). The advisory is shared at nwtime.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-7426 since 09/09/2016. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 16 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 95616 (Fedora 23 : ntp (2016-e8a8561ee7)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context local. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371402 (Cisco UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnects Multiple Vulnerabilities in Network Time Protocol Daemon (CSCvc23476)).

Upgrading to version 4.2.8p9 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (95616). The entries 93745, 95318, 95319 and 95320 are pretty similar.

Productinfo

Type

• Network Management Software

Name

• ntpd

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.5
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

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Nessus ID: 95616
Nessus Name: Fedora 23 : ntp (2016-e8a8561ee7)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 71151
OpenVAS Name: NTP.org ntp DoS Vulnerability
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: ntpd 4.2.8p9

Timelineinfo

09/09/2016 🔍
11/21/2016 +73 days 🔍
11/21/2016 +0 days 🔍
12/07/2016 +16 days 🔍
12/08/2016 +1 days 🔍
01/13/2017 +36 days 🔍
01/13/2017 +0 days 🔍
01/15/2017 +2 days 🔍
10/28/2022 +2112 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: FEDORA-2016-e8a8561ee7
Researcher: Miroslav Lichvar
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2016-7426 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

SecurityTracker: 1037354
SecurityFocus: 94451 - NTP CVE-2016-7426 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-7426 - NTP - Denial of Service Issue

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 01/15/2017 10:37 AM
Updated: 10/28/2022 04:04 PM
Changes: 01/15/2017 10:37 AM (74), 08/19/2020 11:10 AM (9), 10/28/2022 03:58 PM (4), 10/28/2022 04:04 PM (1)
Complete: 🔍

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