IBM AIX: ntp_advisory7 (CVE-2016-4955): Vulnerabilities in NTP affect AIX
4
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
07/04/2016
07/25/2018
11/30/2017
11/27/2024
Description
ntpd in NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p8, when autokey is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (peer-variable clearing and association outage) by sending (1) a spoofed crypto-NAK packet or (2) a packet with an incorrect MAC value at a certain time.
Solution(s)
- ibm-aix-ntp_advisory7
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