CVE-2016-1548 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2016-1548: An attacker can spoof a packet from a legitimate ntpd server with an origin timestamp that matches the peer->dst timestamp recorded for that server. After making this switch, the client in NTP 4.2.8p4 and earlier and NTPSec aa48d001683e5b791a743ec9c575aaf7d867a2b0c will reject all future legitimate

Affects 1 Linux release across 1 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2016-1548 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

ntp→ fixed in1:4.2.8p7+dfsg-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y ntp
```

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