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CVE-2016-7431 Detail

Description

NTP before 4.2.8p9 allows remote attackers to bypass the origin timestamp protection mechanism via an origin timestamp of zero. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2015-8138 regression.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00153.html CVE, MITRE
http://nwtime.org/ntp428p9_release/ CVE, MITRE Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140240/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-16.39.ntp.html CVE, MITRE
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3102 CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking  Mitigation  Vendor Advisory 
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#Recent_Vulnerabilities CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20171129-01-ntpd-en CVE, MITRE
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539955/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540254/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/539955/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/540254/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94454 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037354 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3349-1 CVE, MITRE
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa139 CVE, MITRE
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-211752.pdf CVE, MITRE
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03706en_us CVE, MITRE
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:39.ntp.asc CVE, MITRE
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03883en_us CVE, MITRE
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03899en_us CVE, MITRE
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03883en_us CVE, MITRE
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03899en_us CVE, MITRE
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-159-11 CVE, MITRE
https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2017-223/ CVE, MITRE
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/633847 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-7431
NVD Published Date:
01/13/2017
NVD Last Modified:
04/19/2025
Source:
MITRE