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A remote, non-authenticated peer can cause a denial of service, preventing the vulnerable host from getting a correct time. In addition to that, a remote, authenticated peer can spoof the correct time, causing the vulnerable host to update its clock with an invalid time. |
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A malicious NTPd server, or an attacker in position of man-in-the- middle might be able to execute arbitrary code on the affected host by forging a response to an ntpq request. |
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