Vulnerability in Ntp (CVE-2016-7428)
Summary
Vulnerability in Ntp (CVE-2016-7428). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8p9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reject broadcast mode packets) via the poll interval in a broadcast packet.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2016-7428 has been found in Ntp.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 4.3/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Ntp CVE-2016-7428" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2016-7428 (Ntp) — CWE-400 / CVSS v3 4.3
Attack vector: adjacent-network / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-400) exists in Ntp.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Ntp.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.3/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Ntp' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Ntp' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Ntpを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7428 ntp Fixed in: 1:4.2.8p9+dfsg-1
References
- advisory securityfocus.com
- advisory kb.cert.org
- patch nwtime.org
- patch support.ntp.org
- patch support.ntp.org
- web securitytracker.com
- web bto.bluecoat.com
- web h20566.www2.hpe.com
- web security.FreeBSD.org
- web support.hpe.com
- web support.hpe.com
- web usn.ubuntu.com