CVE-2016-6301
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.5epss 8.9%
exploitation probability
8.9%top 5% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
n/a · n/aReferences
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.htmlhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.htmlhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1363710http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/15https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=150dc7a2b483b8338a3e185c478b4b23ee884e71https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-05http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/03/7