ALPINE-CVE-2016-6301

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-6301
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2016-6301.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2016-6301
Upstream
Published
2016-12-09T20:59:01Z
Modified
2026-09-22T06:30:02Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The recv_and_process_client_pkt function in networking/ntpd.c in busybox allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and bandwidth consumption) via a forged NTP packet, which triggers a communication loop.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.2 / busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/busybox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.24.2-r1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2016-6301.json"

Alpine:v3.3 / busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/busybox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.24.2-r1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2016-6301.json"

Alpine:v3.4 / busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/busybox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.24.2-r12

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2016-6301.json"

Alpine:v3.5 / busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/busybox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.25.0-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2016-6301.json"