4.2.8p10 Release Announcement

Last update: September 3, 2026 14:42 UTC (1eec487e7)

NTF’s NTP Project is releasing ntp-4.2.8p10 which addresses:

• 6 MEDIUM severity vulnerabilities (1 is about the Windows PPSAPI DLL)
• 5 LOW severity vulnerabilities (2 are in the Windows Installer)
• 4 Informational-level vulnerabilities
• 15 other non-security fixes and improvements

ntp-4.2.8p10 was released on 21 March 2017.

• 3389: Denial of Service via Malformed Config / CVE-2017-6464
  • Reported by Cure53 (Pentest report 01.2017).
• 3388: Buffer Overflow in DPTS Clock / CVE-2017-6462
  • Reported by Cure53 (Pentest report 01.2017).
• 3387: Authenticated DoS via Malicious Config Option / CVE-2017-6463
  • Reported by Cure53 (Pentest report 01.2017).
• 3386: ntpq_stripquotes() returns incorrect Value
  • Reported by Cure53 (Pentest report 01.2017).
• 3385: ereallocarray()/eallocarray() underused
  • Reported by Cure53 (Pentest report 01.2017).
• 3384: Windows: Privileged execution of User Library code / CVE-2017-6455
  • Reported by Cure53 (Pentest report 01.2017).
• 3383: Windows Installer: Stack Buffer Overflow from Command Line / CVE-2017-6452
  • Reported by Cure53 (Pentest report 01.2017).
• 3382: Windows Installer: Data Structure terminated insufficiently / CVE-2017-6459
  • Reported by Cure53 (Pentest report 01.2017).
• 3381: Copious amounts of Unused Code](/support/securitynotice/ntpbug3381/)
  • Reported by Cure53 (Pentest report 01.2017).
• 3380: Off-by-one in Oncore GPS Receiver
  • Reported by Cure53 (Pentest report 01.2017).
• 3379: Potential Overflows in ctl_put() functions / CVE-2017-6458
  • Reported by Cure53 (Pentest report 01.2017).
• 3378: Improper use of snprintf() in mx4200_send() / CVE-2017-6451
  • Reported by Cure53 (Pentest report 01.2017).
• 3377: Buffer Overflow in ntpq when fetching reslist / CVE-2017-6460
  • Reported by Cure53 (Pentest report 01.2017).
• 3376: Makefile does not enforce Security Flags
  • Reported by Cure53 (Pentest report 01.2017).
• 3361: 0rigin DoS / CVE-2016-9042
  • Reported by Matthew Van Gundy of Cisco ASIG.

ENotification of these issues were delivered to our Institutional members on a rolling basis as they were reported and as progress was made.

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Timeline:

• 2017 Mar 21: Public release
• 2017 Mar 13: CERT notified
• 2017 Mar 06: Early Access Program Release: Premier and Partner Institutional Members
• 2017 Mar 06: Notification to Institutional Members
• 2017 Feb 09: Mozilla/Cure53 audit received