Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2016-1567

chrony before 1.31.2 and 2.x before 2.2.1 do not verify peer associations of symmetric keys when authenticating packets, which might allow remote attackers to conduct impersonation attacks via an arbitrary trusted key, aka a "skeleton key."

  • Published: Jan 26, 2016
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2016-1567
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.8
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
tuxfamily / chrony 2.1 2.1.x
tuxfamily / chrony 2.2 2.2.x
tuxfamily / chrony - 1.31.1.x
tuxfamily / chrony 2.1.1 2.1.1.x
tuxfamily / chrony 2.0 2.0.x