Description
NTP before 4.2.8p7 and 4.3.x before 4.3.92, when mode7 is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ntpd abort) by using the same IP address multiple times in an unconfig directive.
Published: 2017-01-30
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: 9.0% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-559-1 ntp security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3629-1 ntp security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3096-1 NTP vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:32:20.291Z

Reserved: 2016-02-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-2516

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-30T21:59:01.003

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:44:12.313

Link: CVE-2016-2516

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-04-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-2516 - Bugzilla

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