CVE-2016-7428

ntp: Broadcast Mode Poll Interval Enforcement DoS

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · November 21, 2016

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8p9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reject broadcast mode packets) via the poll interval in a broadcast packet.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 4.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVSS 2.0 · 3.3
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption