RULE(RULE ID:805353)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2017-07-26
Rule Name: Network Time Protocol Daemon Read_mru_list Denial of Service Vulnerability -1 (CVE-2016-7434)
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Rule Protection Details
Description: The read_mru_list function in NTP before 4.2.8p9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted mrulist query.
Impact: An attacker can launch a denial of service attack by exploiting the vulnerability successfully.
Affected OS: Solaris, Other Unix, FreeBSD, Linux
Reference: SecurityFocusBID:94448
ExploitDB:40806
http://nwtime.org/ntp428p9_release/
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3082
Solutions
More advisories have been published on the website, please visit for more suggestions:
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#November_2016_ntp_4_2_8p9_NTP_Se