Preemptible Client Association Demobilization Vulnerability in NTP 4.2.8p4 and Earlier and NTPSec a5fb34b9cc89b92a8fef2f459004865c93bb7f92

CVE-2016-1547 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

An off-path attacker can cause a preemptible client association to be demobilized in NTP 4.2.8p4 and earlier and NTPSec a5fb34b9cc89b92a8fef2f459004865c93bb7f92 by sending a crypto NAK packet to a victim client with a spoofed source address of an existing associated peer. This is true even if authentication is enabled.

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