CVE-2015-7705
The rate limiting feature in NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p4 and 4.3.x before 4.3.77 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a large number of crafted requests.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.2%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The rate limiting feature in NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p4 and 4.3.x before 4.3.77 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a large number of crafted requests.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 12.15% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- ntp/ntp · netapp/oncommand performance manager · netapp/oncommand unified manager · netapp/clustered data ontap · netapp/data ontap · citrix/xenserver · siemens/tim 4r-ie firmware · siemens/tim 4r-ie dnp3 firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 12.2% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00020.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00034.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00037.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00048.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00052.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00020.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00042.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00093.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00114.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134137/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ntp-Updates.html
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2901Vendor Advisory
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#October_2015_NTP_4_2_8p4_SecuritRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20151021-ntp
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536737/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536796/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/536737/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/536796/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77284Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033951Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2783-1
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa103
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274184Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-211752.pdf
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-497656.pdfThird Party Advisory
- https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/1020.pdfTechnical Description
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05270839Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171004-0001/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.