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Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-7170): ntp vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-7170): ntp vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
03/06/2018
Created
11/21/2024
Added
11/19/2024
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

ntpd in ntp 4.2.x before 4.2.8p7 and 4.3.x before 4.3.92 allows authenticated users that know the private symmetric key to create arbitrarily-many ephemeral associations in order to win the clock selection of ntpd and modify a victim's clock via a Sybil attack. This issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-1549.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-ntp

References

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