VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2016-7426
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability12.37%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-01-13
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
NTP before 4.2.8p9 rate limits responses received from the configured sources when rate limiting for all associations is enabled, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (prevent responses from the sources) by sending responses with a spoofed source address.
Weakness classification
- CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory