Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Jan 30, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2016-2519
CVE-2016-2519
Description
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.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
8- support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3008nvdVendor Advisory
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/88204nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/718152nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1035705nvd
- security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:16.ntp.ascnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15nvd
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171004-0002/nvd
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