CVE-2016-5117
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jan 31, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- May 29, 2016
Description
OpenNTPD before 6.0p1 does not validate the CN for HTTPS constraint requests, which allows remote attackers to bypass the man-in-the-middle mitigations via a crafted timestamp constraint with a valid certificate.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/constraint.c.diff?r1=1.27&r2=1.28
- [oss-security] 20160523 CVE request: OpenNTPD not verifying CN during HTTPS constraints requestmailing-list
- [oss-security] 20160529 Re: CVE request: OpenNTPD not verifying CN during HTTPS constraints requestmailing-list
- http://www.openntpd.org/txt/release-6.0p1.txt
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