CVE-2016-4956
MEDIUM5.3EPSS 1.4%Published: 7/5/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4956
Description
ntpd in NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (interleaved-mode transition and time change) via a spoofed broadcast packet. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-1548.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/ntpfrom 0, < 1:4.2.8p8+dfsg-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |