Vulnerabilities Identified in Network Time Protocol Daemon

Original release date: December 19, 2014

NTP has released an update that addresses multiple vulnerabilities in the Network Time Protocol daemon. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to execute malicious code.


US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Vulnerability Note VU#852879 and update to NTP 4.2.8 if necessary.




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from US-CERT: The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team http://1.usa.gov/1zeo5Xm