Security readout for executives and security teams
This CVE affects NTP, the service many systems use to keep accurate time. A remote attacker could send many crafted requests against the rate limiting feature, causing unspecified impact. Public sources name fixed NTP versions, but the CVE record does not provide a severity score or precise business impact. Exposure is most likely on servers, network devices, appliances, or OS packages running affected NTP versions, especially where NTP is reachable from untrusted networks. Vendor advisories should be checked for bundled or backported package versions. Treat this as a targeted hygiene and exposure-reduction item, not a proven emergency from the supplied evidence. Prioritize public-facing time services and critical infrastructure that depends on accurate clock synchronization. Mitigation focus: Upgrade NTP to 4.2.8p4, 4.3.77, or later where applicable.; Apply OS or appliance vendor security updates for NTP packages.; Restrict NTP access to trusted networks where operationally possible..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- VU#718152CVE reference · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT-VN
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX220112CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.cs.bu.edu/~goldbe/NTPattack.htmlCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/1020.pdfCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05270839CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274184CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- GLSA-201607-15CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171004-0001/CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa103CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-497656.pdfCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-103-11CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-211752.pdfCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-159-11CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1212-security-advisory-0016CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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