UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2519

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2519

    Published: 30 Jan 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-2519
    Aliases:
    USN-3349-1

    Summary:

    Details: ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8p7 and 4.3.x before 4.3.92 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ntpd abort) by a large request data value, which triggers the ctl_getitem function to return a NULL value.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2519, http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#April_2016_NTP_4_2_8p7_Security, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3349-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2519

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ntp

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ntp@1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.5?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.5

    Affected versions

    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu8
    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu8.1
    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu9
    1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu1
    1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu2
    1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu3
    1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu4
    1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5
    1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.1
    1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.2
    1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.3
    1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.4

    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
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