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USN-3707-2: NTP vulnerabilities ntp vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 12.04 ESM Summary Several security issues were fixed in NTP. Software Description ntp – Network Time Protocol daemon and utility programs Details USN-3707-1 and USN-3349-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in NTP. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Miroslav Lichvar discovered that NTP incorrectly handled certain spoofed addresses when performing rate limiting. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a denial of service. (CVE-2016-7426) Matthew Van Gundy discovered that NTP incorrectly handled certain crafted broadcast mode packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a denial of service. (CVE-2016-7427, CVE-2016-7428) Matthew Van Gundy discovered that NTP incorrectly handled certain control mode packets. A remote attacker could use this issue to set or [ more… ]