CVE catalog
CVE-2016-0727
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0727
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.25% · Oct 27, 2026
The crontab script in the ntp package before 1:4.2.6.p3+dfsg-1ubuntu3.11 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, before 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, on Ubuntu Wily, and before 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS allows local users with access to the ntp account to write to arbitrary files and consequently gain privileges via vectors involving statistics directory cleanup.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | ntp | 11 | 1:4.2.8p9+dfsg-2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | ntp | 14.04 | 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ntp | 14.04 | 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ntp | 14.04 | 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ntp | 14.04 | 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ntp | 14.04 | 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ntp | 14.04 | 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.6 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ntp | 14.04 | 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.7 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ntp | 14.04 | 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.8 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ntp | 14.04 | 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | ntp | 16.04 | 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu8 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ntp | 16.04 | 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu8.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ntp | 16.04 | 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu9 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ntp | 16.04 | 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ntp | 16.04 | 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ntp | 16.04 | 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ntp | 16.04 | 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ntp | 16.04 | 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ntp | 16.04 | 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ntp | 16.04 | 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ntp | 16.04 | 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.3 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | ntp | deb | 11 | 1:4.2.8p9+dfsg-2 | Not reported | DEBIAN-CVE-2016-0727 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | ntp | deb | 14.04 | 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0727 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | ntp | deb | 16.04 | 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.3 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0727 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
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