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CVE-2016-5117
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-01-31T19:59:00.230 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:48:47.210

Summary

OpenNTPD before 6.0p1 does not validate the CN for HTTPS constraint requests, which allows remote attackers to bypass the man-in-the-middle mitigations via a crafted timestamp constraint with a valid certificate.

Affected products

openntpd — openntpd

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References

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