MGASA-2016-0038

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    MGASA-2016-0038

    Published: 29 Jan 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-1567

    Summary: Updated chrony packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: In chrony before 1.31.2, when used with symmetric key encryption, the client would accept packets encrypted with keys for any configured server, allowing a server to impersonate other servers to clients, thus performing a man-in-the-middle attack (CVE-2016-1567).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0038.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17605, http://chrony.tuxfamily.org/news.html#_20_jan_2016_chrony_2_2_1_and_chrony_1_31_2_released, http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0071/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: chrony

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/chrony?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.31.2-1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High