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Vulnerability details: VCID-7yt6-ad2c-aaam
Vulnerability ID VCID-7yt6-ad2c-aaam
Aliases CVE-2016-6301
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.0
Risk 3.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
System Score Found at
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rhbs medium https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1363710
cvssv2 4.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6301
cvssv3 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6301
Reference id Reference type URL
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-6301.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6301
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6301
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/15
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=150dc7a2b483b8338a3e185c478b4b23ee884e71
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-05
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/03/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92277
1363710 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1363710
833442 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=833442
cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-6301 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6301
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-6301.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6301
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6301
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.88059
EPSS Score 0.04465
Published At March 28, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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