MiracleLinux 4 : ntp-4.2.6p5-5.0.1.AXS4 (AXSA:2015-327:04)

The remote MiracleLinux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2015-327:04 advisory. The Network Time Protocol NTP is used to synchronize a computer's time with another reference time source. This package includes ntpd a daemon which...

NetScaler NTP sync failure when NTP server Root Dispersion value greater that 1 second

NetScaler NTP sync failure when Root Dispersion value is larger than 1 second. Dispersion isthe maximum difference recorded between the NTP client and the NTP serverrecorded in seconds. Root Dispersion measures the maximum amount of variance between the NTP server and its known time source. If...

Man-in-the-Middle (MitM)

The Network Time Protocol NTP is used to synchronize a computer's time with another referenced time source. It was found that because NTP's access control was based on a source IP address, an attacker could bypass source IP restrictions and send malicious control and configuration packets by...