CVE-2016-7428

Publication date 13 January 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8p9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reject broadcast mode packets) via the poll interval in a broadcast packet.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
ntp	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 1:4.2.8p8+dfsg-1ubuntu2.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.5
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.11
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

ntp-4.2.8p6, up to but not including ntp-4.2.8p9, and ntp-4.3.90 up to, but not including ntp-4.3.94 introduced with CVE-2015-7973 patch

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
ntp	Upstream: http://bk1.ntp.org/ntp-stable/?PAGE=cset&REV=58087060DCRnphupdSD9lErtsIGR4w

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	4.3 · Medium
Attack vector	Adjacent
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	Low
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L