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