Security Advisory

CVE-2016-6301

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2016-12-09 20:00:00
Last updated 2025-12-04 16:45:40
Assigner redhat
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

The recv_and_process_client_pkt function in networking/ntpd.c in busybox allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and bandwidth consumption) via a forged NTP packet, which triggers a communication loop.