UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2519

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2519
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2519.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2519
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Published
2017-01-30T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:39Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8p7 and 4.3.x before 4.3.92 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ntpd abort) by a large request data value, which triggers the ctl_getitem function to return a NULL value.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / ntp

Package

Name
ntp
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ntp@1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.5?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.5

Affected versions

1:4.*

1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu8
1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu8.1
1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu9
1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu1
1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu2
1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu3
1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu4
1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5
1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.1
1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.2
1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.3
1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ntp",
            "binary_version": "1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ntpdate",
            "binary_version": "1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.5"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2519.json"