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CVE-2016-2519

ntp: ctl_getitem() return value not always checked

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

2.1

CVSS 2.0

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Published · April 26, 2016

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 2.1
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE not specified