UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1550

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1550

    Published: 29 Apr 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-1550
    Aliases:
    USN-3096-1

    Summary:

    Details: An exploitable vulnerability exists in the message authentication functionality of libntp in ntp 4.2.8p4 and NTPSec a5fb34b9cc89b92a8fef2f459004865c93bb7f92. An attacker can send a series of crafted messages to attempt to recover the message digest key.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1550, http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#April_2016_NTP_4_2_8p7_Security, http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0084/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3096-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1550

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ntp

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ntp@1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10

    Affected versions

    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2
    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.1
    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.2
    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.3
    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.5
    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.6
    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.7
    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.8

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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