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CVE-2016-2519

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Date: January 30, 2017

ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8p7 and 4.3.x before 4.3.92 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ntpd abort) by a large request data value, which triggers the ctl_getitem function to return a NULL value.

Severity Score

3.1

Related Resources (5)

Url: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171004-0002/

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2519

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2519

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-2519

Severity Score

3.1

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	3.1
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.9
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Authentication (AU):	SINGLE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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