CVE-2015-7871 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2015-7871

Crypto-NAK packets in ntpd in NTP 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and...

Vulnerability Description

Crypto-NAK packets in ntpd in NTP 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

ntp, debian linux, oncommand balance, oncommand performance manager, oncommand unified manager, clustered data ontap, data ontap
Vulnerable Versions:
4.2.6, 4.3.0, 4.2.5, 4.2.8, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0

Timeline

Official Publish: August 7th, 2017
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.