CVE-2016-9042 is an exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability in the Network Time Protocol daemon (ntpd) version 4.2.8p9, affecting products from vendors like FreeBSD, HPE, NTP, and Siemens. An unauthenticated attacker can send a specially crafted network packet to reset the expected origin timestamp for target peers. This causes legitimate replies to be dropped, leading to a denial-of-service condition with a CVSS score of 5.9 (Medium). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p9:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< c.4.2.8.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hpe:hpux-ntp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_net_cp_443-1_opc_ua_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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