ntp: privilege escalation (distribution-specific)
| Package(s): | ntp | CVE #(s): | CVE-2016-0727 | ||||
| Created: | October 6, 2016 | Updated: | October 12, 2016 | ||||
| Description: | From the Ubuntu advisory:
It was discovered that the NTP cronjob incorrectly cleaned up the statistics directory. A local attacker could possibly use this to escalate privileges. (CVE-2016-0727) | ||||||
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