CVE catalog
CVE-2016-1548
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1548
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.2
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 3.81% · Oct 25, 2026
An attacker can spoof a packet from a legitimate ntpd server with an origin timestamp that matches the peer->dst timestamp recorded for that server. After making this switch, the client in NTP 4.2.8p4 and earlier and NTPSec aa48d001683e5b791a743ec9c575aaf7d867a2b0c will reject all future legitimate server responses. It is possible to force the victim client to move time after the mode has been changed. ntpq gives no indication that the mode has been switched.
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 | 1:4.2.8p7+dfsg-1 | 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 | 1:4.2.8p7+dfsg-1 | Not reported | DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1548 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | ntp | deb | 14.04 | 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1548 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | ntp | deb | 16.04 | 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.3 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1548 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2016_1141.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1548]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1548]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-1548.json]
[FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]