cve-2016-6301
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-12-09 20:00
Modified
2024-08-06 01:22
Severity ?
Summary
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
secalert@redhat.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
secalert@redhat.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7
secalert@redhat.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20
secalert@redhat.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/15
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/03/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92277Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1363710Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=150dc7a2b483b8338a3e185c478b4b23ee884e71Issue Tracking, Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
secalert@redhat.comhttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-05Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/15
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/03/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92277Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1363710Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=150dc7a2b483b8338a3e185c478b4b23ee884e71Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-05Third Party Advisory
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