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CVE-2015-7974

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-287 Authentication Issues
Publication date:
26/01/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 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."

Impact

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

Base Score: 7.70 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

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

Base Score 3.x
7.70
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

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

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

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) 4.3.90 (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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