CVE catalog
CVE-2016-1567
chrony: CVE-2016-1567
- Severity
- High · CVSS 8.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 3.03% · Oct 25, 2026
chrony before 1.31.2 and 2.x before 2.2.1 do not verify peer associations of symmetric keys when authenticating packets, which might allow remote attackers to conduct impersonation attacks via an arbitrary trusted key, aka a "skeleton key."
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 | chrony | sid | 4.9-2 | fixed |
| Debian | chrony | forky | 4.9-2 | fixed |
| Debian | chrony | trixie | 4.6.1-3+deb13u2 | fixed |
| Debian | chrony | bookworm | 4.3-2+deb12u3 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | chrony | 14.04 | 1.26-4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | chrony | 14.04 | 1.29-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | chrony | 14.04 | 1.29-1ubuntu0.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | chrony | 16.04 | 1.30-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | chrony | 16.04 | 1.31.1-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | chrony | 16.04 | 2.1.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | chrony | 16.04 | 2.1.1-1ubuntu0.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | chrony | source | sid | 2.2.1-1 | low | Not reported | [812923] |
| Debian | chrony | source | forky | 2.2.1-1 | low | Not reported | [812923] |
| Debian | chrony | source | trixie | 2.2.1-1 | low | Not reported | [812923] |
| Debian | chrony | source | bookworm | 2.2.1-1 | low | Not reported | [812923] |
| Ubuntu | chrony | deb | 14.04 | 1.29-1ubuntu0.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1567 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | chrony | deb | 16.04 | 2.1.1-1ubuntu0.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1567 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [chrony]Fixed
Details (2)
4.3-2+deb12u3· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.2.1-1dsa · chrony · debian · bookworm; dsa · chrony · debian · 12
4.3-2+deb12u3· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.2.1-1dsa · chrony · debian · bookworm; dsa · chrony · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [chrony]Fixed
Details (2)
4.6.1-3+deb13u2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.2.1-1dsa · chrony · debian · 13
4.6.1-3+deb13u2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.2.1-1dsa · chrony · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_10345-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1567]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-414-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-742-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1567]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1567]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]