CVE-2016-6301

Name	CVE-2016-6301
Description	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	833442

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
busybox (PTS)	buster	1:1.30.1-4	fixed
	bullseye	1:1.30.1-6	fixed
	bookworm, sid	1:1.35.0-4	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
busybox	source	(unstable)	1:1.27.2-1	unimportant		833442

Notes

NTP server not enabled by default in debian/config/pkg/* via CONFIG_NTPD
Fixed by: https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=150dc7a2b483b8338a3e185c478b4b23ee884e71