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CVE-2016-7426
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-01-13T16:59:00.323 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:53:02.833

Summary

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.

Affected products

ntp — ntp

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References

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