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Status published
Medium
CVE-2016-5117
OpenNTPD before 6.0p1 does not validate the CN for HTTPS...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
Affected Vendor
openntpd
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openntpd
Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 31st, 2017
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.