PT-2015-7687 · Ntt+5 · Ntp+6
Jonathan Gardner
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Published
2015-12-31
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Updated
2024-06-15
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CVE-2015-7975
CVSS v3.1
6.2
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
NTP versions prior to 4.2.8p6
NTP versions 4.3.x prior to 4.3.90
Description
The issue is related to the
nextvar function, which does not properly validate the length of its input. This allows an attacker to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash.Recommendations
For NTP versions prior to 4.2.8p6, update to version 4.2.8p6 or later.
For NTP versions 4.3.x prior to 4.3.90, update to version 4.3.90 or later.
Exploit
Fix
DoS
Buffer Overflow
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Cisco Ios Xr
Cisco Nexus
Freebsd
Ntp
Suse
Ubuntu