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CVE-2016-1550
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-01-06T21:59:00.413 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:42:09.063

Summary

An exploitable vulnerability exists in the message authentication functionality of libntp in ntp 4.2.8p4 and NTPSec a5fb34b9cc89b92a8fef2f459004865c93bb7f92. An attacker can send a series of crafted messages to attempt to recover the message digest key.

Affected products

ntp — ntp

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References

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