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CVE-2015-7974
HIGH · CVSS 7.7
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-01-26T19:59:00.107 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:33:28.523

Summary

NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 do not verify peer associations of symmetric keys when authenticating packets, which might allow remote attackers to conduct impersonation attacks via an arbitrary trusted key, aka a "skeleton key."

Affected products

ntp — ntp

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References

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