CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-6301
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-12-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399, CWE-835
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• busybox busybox (< 1.25.1)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18 seclists.org
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7 seclists.org
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20 seclists.org
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/15 seclists.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/03/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92277 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1363710 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=150dc7a2b483b8338a3e185c478b4b23ee884e71 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14 seclists.org
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7 seclists.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-05 Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18 seclists.org
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7 seclists.org
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20 seclists.org
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/15 seclists.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/03/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92277 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1363710 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=150dc7a2b483b8338a3e185c478b4b23ee884e71 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14 seclists.org
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7 seclists.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-05 Third Party Advisory