CVE-2016-2518
medium
CVSS v3
5.3
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.3
Description
The MATCH_ASSOC function in NTP before version 4.2.8p9 and 4.3.x before 4.3.92 allows remote attackers to cause an out-of-bounds reference via an addpeer request with a large hmode value.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
63%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
FreeBSD Affected 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 10.3 | Affected | — |
| 10.2 | Affected | — |
| 10.1 | Affected | — |
| 9.3 | Affected | — |
Red Hat Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
| 6.0 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| bullseye | Fixed | 1:4.2.8p7+dfsg-1 |
| 10.0 | Affected | — |
| 9.0 | Affected | — |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ntp | ntp | {"endExcluding":"4.2.8"} | 4.2.8 |
| ntp | ntp | 4.2.8 | |
| netapp | clustered_data_ontap | - | |
| netapp | data_ontap | - | |
| netapp | oncommand_balance | - | |
| netapp | oncommand_performance_manager | - | |
| netapp | oncommand_unified_manager_for_clustered_data_ontap | - | |
| oracle | communications_user_data_repository | 10.0.0 | |
| oracle | communications_user_data_repository | 10.0.1 | |
| oracle | communications_user_data_repository | 12.0.0 | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2518.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183647.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184669.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00034.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00037.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00052.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00020.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00042.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00114.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136864/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ntp-Updates.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1552.html
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3009
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#April_2016_ntp_4_2_8p7_Security
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160428-ntpd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3629
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538233/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/538233/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88226
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035705
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3096-1
CWEs
CWE-125
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.