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CVE-2016-7434

The read_mru_list function in NTP before 4.2.8p9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of...

7.5 HighPublic exploitFix available

The read_mru_list function in NTP before 4.2.8p9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted mrulist query.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

53.1%Up 9.2 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

The read_mru_list function in NTP before 4.2.8p9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted mrulist query.

Record
CVE-2016-7434
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

The read_mru_list function in NTP before 4.2.8p9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted mrulist query.

Record
CVE-2016-7434
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-8287 No score

The read_mru_list function in NTP before 4.2.8p9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted mrulist query.

Record
EUVD-2016-8287
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qf57-pg9f-mrmv 7.5

The read_mru_list function in NTP before 4.2.8p9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of...

The read_mru_list function in NTP before 4.2.8p9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted mrulist query.

Record
GHSA-qf57-pg9f-mrmv
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.5

The read_mru_list function in NTP before 4.2.8p9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted mrulist query.

Record
CVE-2016-7434
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2016-7434 7.5

The read_mru_list function in NTP before 4.2.8p9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted mrulist query.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7434
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-7434 7.5

The read_mru_list function in NTP before 4.2.8p9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted mrulist query.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7434
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10181-1 No score

ntp-4.2.8p9-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the ntp-4.2.8p9-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10181-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:3193-1 No score

Security update for ntp

This update for ntp fixes the following issues:

  • Simplify ntpd's search for its own executable to prevent AppArmor warnings (bsc#956365).

Security issues fixed (update to 4.2.8p9):

  • CVE-2016-9311, CVE-2016-9310, bsc#1011377: Mode 6 unauthenticated trap information disclosure and DDoS vector.
  • CVE-2016-7427, bsc#1011390: Broadcast Mode Replay Prevention DoS.
  • CVE-2016-7428, bsc#1011417: Broadcast Mode Poll Interval Enforcement DoS.
  • CVE-2016-7431, bsc#1011395: Regression: 010-origin: Zero Origin Timestamp Bypass.
  • CVE-2016-7434, bsc#1011398: Null pointer dereference in _IO_str_init_static_internal().
  • CVE-2016-7429, bsc#1011404: Interface selection attack.
  • CVE-2016-7426, bsc#1011406: Client rate limiting and server responses.
  • CVE-2016-7433, bsc#1011411: Reboot sync calculation problem.
  • CVE-2015-5219: An endless loop due to incorrect precision to double conversion (bsc#943216).
  • CVE-2015-8140: ntpq vulnerable to replay attacks.
  • CVE-2015-8139: Origin Leak: ntpq and ntpdc, disclose origin.
  • CVE-2015-5219: An endless loop due to incorrect precision to double conversion (bsc#943216).

Non-security issues fixed:

  • Fix a spurious error message.
  • Other bugfixes, see /usr/share/doc/packages/ntp/ChangeLog.
  • Fix a regression in 'trap' (bsc#981252).
  • Reduce the number of netlink groups to listen on for changes to the local network setup (bsc#992606).
  • Fix segfault in 'sntp -a' (bsc#1009434).
  • Silence an OpenSSL version warning (bsc#992038).
  • Make the resolver task change user and group IDs to the same values as the main task. (bsc#988028)
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:3193-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:3195-1 No score

Security update for ntp

This update for ntp fixes the following issues:

ntp was updated to 4.2.8p9.

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2016-9311, CVE-2016-9310, bsc#1011377: Mode 6 unauthenticated trap information disclosure and DDoS vector.
  • CVE-2016-7427, bsc#1011390: Broadcast Mode Replay Prevention DoS.
  • CVE-2016-7428, bsc#1011417: Broadcast Mode Poll Interval Enforcement DoS.
  • CVE-2016-7431, bsc#1011395: Regression: 010-origin: Zero Origin Timestamp Bypass.
  • CVE-2016-7434, bsc#1011398: Null pointer dereference in _IO_str_init_static_internal().
  • CVE-2016-7429, bsc#1011404: Interface selection attack.
  • CVE-2016-7426, bsc#1011406: Client rate limiting and server responses.
  • CVE-2016-7433, bsc#1011411: Reboot sync calculation problem.
  • CVE-2015-5219: An endless loop due to incorrect precision to double conversion (bsc#943216).

Non-security issues fixed:

  • Fix a spurious error message.
  • Other bugfixes, see /usr/share/doc/packages/ntp/ChangeLog.
  • Fix a regression in 'trap' (bsc#981252).
  • Reduce the number of netlink groups to listen on for changes to the local network setup (bsc#992606).
  • Fix segfault in 'sntp -a' (bsc#1009434).
  • Silence an OpenSSL version warning (bsc#992038).
  • Make the resolver task change user and group IDs to the same values as the main task. (bsc#988028)
  • Simplify ntpd's search for its own executable to prevent AppArmor warnings (bsc#956365).
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:3195-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:3196-1 No score

Security update for ntp

This update for ntp fixes the following issues:

ntp was updated to 4.2.8p9.

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2016-9311, CVE-2016-9310, bsc#1011377: Mode 6 unauthenticated trap information disclosure and DDoS vector.
  • CVE-2016-7427, bsc#1011390: Broadcast Mode Replay Prevention DoS.
  • CVE-2016-7428, bsc#1011417: Broadcast Mode Poll Interval Enforcement DoS.
  • CVE-2016-7431, bsc#1011395: Regression: 010-origin: Zero Origin Timestamp Bypass.
  • CVE-2016-7434, bsc#1011398: Null pointer dereference in _IO_str_init_static_internal().
  • CVE-2016-7429, bsc#1011404: Interface selection attack.
  • CVE-2016-7426, bsc#1011406: Client rate limiting and server responses.
  • CVE-2016-7433, bsc#1011411: Reboot sync calculation problem.
  • CVE-2015-5219: An endless loop due to incorrect precision to double conversion (bsc#943216).

Non-security issues fixed:

  • Fix a spurious error message.
  • Other bugfixes, see /usr/share/doc/packages/ntp/ChangeLog.
  • Fix a regression in 'trap' (bsc#981252).
  • Reduce the number of netlink groups to listen on for changes to the local network setup (bsc#992606).
  • Fix segfault in 'sntp -a' (bsc#1009434).
  • Silence an OpenSSL version warning (bsc#992038).
  • Make the resolver task change user and group IDs to the same values as the main task. (bsc#988028)
  • Simplify ntpd's search for its own executable to prevent AppArmor warnings (bsc#956365).
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:3196-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:0255-1 No score

Security update for ntp

This update for ntp fixes the following issues:

ntp was updated to 4.2.8p9.

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2016-9311, CVE-2016-9310, bsc#1011377: Mode 6 unauthenticated trap information disclosure and DDoS vector.
  • CVE-2016-7427, bsc#1011390: Broadcast Mode Replay Prevention DoS.
  • CVE-2016-7428, bsc#1011417: Broadcast Mode Poll Interval Enforcement DoS.
  • CVE-2016-7431, bsc#1011395: Regression: 010-origin: Zero Origin Timestamp Bypass.
  • CVE-2016-7434, bsc#1011398: Null pointer dereference in _IO_str_init_static_internal().
  • CVE-2016-7429, bsc#1011404: Interface selection attack.
  • CVE-2016-7426, bsc#1011406: Client rate limiting and server responses.
  • CVE-2016-7433, bsc#1011411: Reboot sync calculation problem.
  • CVE-2015-8140: ntpq vulnerable to replay attacks.
  • CVE-2015-8139: Origin Leak: ntpq and ntpdc, disclose origin.
  • CVE-2015-5219: An endless loop due to incorrect precision to double conversion (bsc#943216).

Non-security issues fixed:

  • Fix a spurious error message.
  • Other bugfixes, see /usr/share/doc/packages/ntp/ChangeLog.
  • Fix a regression in 'trap' (bsc#981252).
  • Reduce the number of netlink groups to listen on for changes to the local network setup (bsc#992606).
  • Fix segfault in 'sntp -a' (bsc#1009434).
  • Silence an OpenSSL version warning (bsc#992038).
  • Make the resolver task change user and group IDs to the same values as the main task. (bsc#988028)
  • Simplify ntpd's search for its own executable to prevent AppArmor warnings (bsc#956365).
Record
SUSE-SU-2017:0255-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-3349-1 No score

ntp vulnerabilities

Yihan Lian discovered that NTP incorrectly handled certain large request data values. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause NTP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-2519)

Miroslav Lichvar discovered that NTP incorrectly handled certain spoofed addresses when performing rate limiting. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-7426)

Matthew Van Gundy discovered that NTP incorrectly handled certain crafted broadcast mode packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-7427, CVE-2016-7428)

Miroslav Lichvar discovered that NTP incorrectly handled certain responses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-7429)

Sharon Goldberg and Aanchal Malhotra discovered that NTP incorrectly handled origin timestamps of zero. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass the origin timestamp protection mechanism. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-7431)

Brian Utterback, Sharon Goldberg and Aanchal Malhotra discovered that NTP incorrectly performed initial sync calculations. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-7433)

Magnus Stubman discovered that NTP incorrectly handled certain mrulist queries. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause NTP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-7434)

Matthew Van Gund discovered that NTP incorrectly handled origin timestamp checks. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu Ubuntu 16.10, and Ubuntu 17.04. (CVE-2016-9042)

Matthew Van Gundy discovered that NTP incorrectly handled certain control mode packets. A remote attacker could use this issue to set or unset traps. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-9310)

Matthew Van Gundy discovered that NTP incorrectly handled the trap service. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause NTP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-9311)

It was discovered that NTP incorrectly handled memory when processing long variables. A remote authenticated user could possibly use this issue to cause NTP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-6458)

It was discovered that NTP incorrectly handled memory when processing long variables. A remote authenticated user could possibly use this issue to cause NTP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.10 and Ubuntu 17.04. (CVE-2017-6460)

It was discovered that the NTP legacy DPTS refclock driver incorrectly handled the /dev/datum device. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-6462)

It was discovered that NTP incorrectly handled certain invalid settings in a :config directive. A remote authenticated user could possibly use this issue to cause NTP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-6463)

It was discovered that NTP incorrectly handled certain invalid mode configuration directives. A remote authenticated user could possibly use this issue to cause NTP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-6464)

Record
USN-3349-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ntp
Debian:11
before 1:4.2.8p9+dfsg-1
1:4.2.8p9+dfsg-1
ntp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
before 4.2.8p9-57.2
4.2.8p9-57.2
ntp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
before 4.2.8p9-57.2
4.2.8p9-57.2
ntp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
before 4.2.8p9-55.1
4.2.8p9-55.1
ntp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
before 4.2.8p9-55.1
4.2.8p9-55.1
ntp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2
before 4.2.8p9-55.1
4.2.8p9-55.1
ntp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
before 4.2.8p9-55.1
4.2.8p9-55.1
ntp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
before 4.2.8p9-55.1
4.2.8p9-55.1
ntp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
before 4.2.8p9-55.1
4.2.8p9-55.1
ntp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
before 4.2.8p9-55.1
4.2.8p9-55.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ntp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
before 4.2.8p9-46.18.1
4.2.8p9-46.18.1
ntp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS
before 4.2.8p9-46.18.1
4.2.8p9-46.18.1
ntp
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5
before 4.2.8p9-48.9.1
4.2.8p9-48.9.1
ntp
SUSE:Manager 2.1
before 4.2.8p9-48.9.1
4.2.8p9-48.9.1
ntp
SUSE:Manager Proxy 2.1
before 4.2.8p9-48.9.1
4.2.8p9-48.9.1
ntp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3
before 4.2.8p9-48.9.1
4.2.8p9-48.9.1
ntp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS
before 4.2.8p9-48.9.1
4.2.8p9-48.9.1
ntp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS
before 4.2.8p9-48.9.1
4.2.8p9-48.9.1
ntp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA
before 4.2.8p9-48.9.1
4.2.8p9-48.9.1
ntp
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.5, plus listed versions
1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu81:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu8.11:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu91:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu11:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu2
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1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu31:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu41:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu51:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.11:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.21:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.31:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.4
1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.5
ntp
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.11, plus listed versions
1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu21:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.11:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.21:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.31:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.5
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1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.61:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.71:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.81:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10
1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.11
ntp
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 4.2.8p9-1.1
4.2.8p9-1.1

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
Exploit-DBNTP 4.2.8p8 - Denial of Service2016-11-21
PoC in GitHubcved-sources/cve-2016-74342019-01-06
PoC in GitHubopsxcq/exploit-CVE-2016-74342016-11-22
PoC in GitHubshekkbuilder/CVE-2016-74342016-11-27

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-7434 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Ntp, published December 19, 2016. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 53.1%, the 98th percentile. Fixed in ntp 1:4.2.8p9+dfsg-1.

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