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/2017/03/22/Vulnerabilities-Identified-Network-Time-Protocol-Daemon-ntpd ] 
03/22/2017 01:20 PM EDT 
Original release date: March 22, 2017

The Network Time Foundation's NTP Project has has released version ntp-4.2.8p10 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 the NTP Security Notice Page [ 
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#Recent_Vulnerabilities ] for vulnerability and mitigation details.

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