ubuntu · CVE-2016-4957

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Priority: low Published: 2016-07-05 01:59:00 UTC Updated: 2025-08-25 22:04:28 UTC

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Freshness: upstream tracker timestamp is available; use API updated time as primary recency signal.

Tracker summary

CVE-2016-4957 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ntp), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, wily, xenial): not-affected 3, ignored 1, needs-triage 1.

Description:

ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8p8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crypto-NAK packet. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2016-1547.

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