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Ubuntu: USN-3096-1 (CVE-2015-7974): NTP vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3096-1 (CVE-2015-7974): NTP vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
01/26/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/07/2016
Modified
12/23/2024

Description

NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 do not verify peer associations of symmetric keys when authenticating packets, which might allow remote attackers to conduct impersonation attacks via an arbitrary trusted key, aka a "skeleton key."

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-ntp

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