CVE-2015-5146

ntpd in ntp before 4.2.8p3 with remote configuration enabled allows remote authenticated users with knowledge of the configuration password and access to a computer entrusted to perform remote configuration to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a NULL byte in a crafted configuration directive packet.

Score

CVSS 3.0 5.3 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-08-24

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected products

• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Fedora (Fedoraproject)
• Ntp (Ntp)

References

• http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2853
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170926.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169167.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166992.html
• http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#March_2017_ntp_4_2_8p10_NTP_Secu
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3388
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75589
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034168
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1238136
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201509-01
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0003/