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CVE-2015-7855

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
07/08/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

Description

The decodenetnum function in ntpd in NTP 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) via a 6 or mode 7 packet containing a long data value.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
6.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.2.0 (including) 4.2.8 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.3.0 (including) 4.3.77 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1-beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1-beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1-beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1-beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1-beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1-rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1-rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p2-rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p2-rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p2-rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

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