CVE catalog
CVE-2016-4956
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4956
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 16.35% · Oct 25, 2026
ntpd in NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (interleaved-mode transition and time change) via a spoofed broadcast packet. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-1548.
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 | 1:4.2.8p8+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 | 1:4.2.8p8+dfsg-1 | Not reported | DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4956 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | ntp | deb | 14.04 | 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4956 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | ntp | deb | 16.04 | 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.3 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4956 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
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