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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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)…

MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 4.09%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.09%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.0
5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
4.09% probability · 90th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux · ntp/ntp
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.