### [CVE-2016-2519](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2519)
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### Description

ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8p7 and 4.3.x before 4.3.92 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ntpd abort) by a large request data value, which triggers the ctl_getitem function to return a NULL value.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/718152

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.