CVE-2016-9312 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8p9, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large UDP packet.

Published: 2017-01-13

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 19.6% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:*:p8:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.19624.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://nwtime.org/ntp428p9_release/
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3110
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#Recent_Vulnerabilities
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94450
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037354
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa139
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9312
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9312
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/633847

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows

Ntp Ntp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-01-13T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:50:37.125Z

Reserved: 2016-11-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-9312

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-13T16:59:00.933

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-9312

Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-9312 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-399

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