Vulnerabilities Identified in Network Time Protocol Daemon (ntpd)

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Vulnerabilities Identified in Network Time Protocol Daemon (ntpd) [ 
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2016/11/21/Vulnerabilities-Identified-Network-Time-Protocol-Daemon-ntpd ] 
11/21/2016 01:50 PM EST 
Original release date: November 21, 2016

The Network Time Foundation's NTP Project has released version ntp-4.2.8p9 to address multiple vulnerabilities in ntpd. 
Exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition.

US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Vulnerability Note VU#633847 [ 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/633847 ] and the NTP Security Notice Page [ http://nwtime.org/ntp428p9_release/ ] for 
vulnerability and mitigation details.

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