Intrusion PreventionNtpd.Mrulist.Query.Packet.Handling.DoS
Description
This indicates an attack attempt to exploit a Denial of Service Vulnerability in NTP Daemon
The vulnerability is due to an improper validation when a vulnerable application parses a crafted mrulist query packet. A remote attacker could exploit this to crash vulnerable systems, via a crafted request.
Affected Products
ntp.org NTP prior to 4.2.8p9
Impact
Denial of Service: Remote attackers can crash vulnerable systems.
Recommended Actions
Refer to the vendor's web site for suggested workaround.
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#November_2016_ntp_4_2_8p9_NTP_Se
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
| ID | 43446 |
| Created | Nov 30, 2016 |
| Updated | Nov 24, 2020 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2016-7434 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 96.45% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows, Linux |
| Affected App | Other |