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Status published
Medium
CVE-2015-7975
The nextvar function in NTP before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.x before...
Vulnerability Description
The nextvar function in NTP before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 does not properly validate the length of its input, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (application crash).
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.
References
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160127-ntpd
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3096-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00060.html
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03766en_us
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81959
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00026.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034782
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00038.html
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/718152
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00020.html
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03750en_us
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171031-0001/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00048.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00042.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00059.html
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2937
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:09.ntp.asc
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa113
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00114.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 4.3.0, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.3, 4.3.4, 4.3.5, 4.3.6, 4.3.7, 4.3.8, 4.3.10, 4.3.11, 4.3.12, 4.3.13, 4.3.14, 4.3.15, 4.3.16, 4.3.17, 4.3.18, 4.3.19, 4.3.20, 4.3.21, 4.3.22, 4.3.23, 4.3.24, 4.3.25, 4.3.26, 4.3.27, 4.3.28, 4.3.29, 4.3.30, 4.3.31, 4.3.32, 4.3.33, 4.3.34, 4.3.35, 4.3.36, 4.3.37, 4.3.38, 4.3.39, 4.3.40, 4.3.41, 4.3.42, 4.3.43, 4.3.44, 4.3.45, 4.3.46, 4.3.47, 4.3.48, 4.3.49, 4.3.50, 4.3.51, 4.3.52, 4.3.53, 4.3.54, 4.3.55, 4.3.56, 4.3.57, 4.3.58, 4.3.59, 4.3.60, 4.3.61, 4.3.62, 4.3.63, 4.3.64, 4.3.65, 4.3.66, 4.3.67, 4.3.68, 4.3.69, 4.3.70, 4.3.71, 4.3.72, 4.3.73, 4.3.74, 4.3.75, 4.3.76, 4.3.77, 4.3.78, 4.3.79, 4.3.80, 4.3.81, 4.3.82, 4.3.83, 4.3.84, 4.3.85, 4.3.86, 4.3.87, 4.3.88, 4.3.89
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 30th, 2017
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.