CVE-2016-9042
ntp: DoS via origin timestamp check functionality
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Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · March 21, 2017
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
A vulnerability was found in NTP, affecting the origin timestamp check function. An attacker able to spoof messages from all of the configured peers could send crafted packets to ntpd, causing later replies from those peers to be discarded, resulting in denial of service.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 5.9CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation