CVE-2016-1567

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    CVE-2016-1567

    Published: 26 Jan 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: chrony before 1.31.2 and 2.x before 2.2.1 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."

    References: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176559.html, http://chrony.tuxfamily.org/news.html#_20_jan_2016_chrony_2_2_1_and_chrony_1_31_2_released, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175969.html, http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0071/

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Low
    High
    Availability
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    Low
    High