VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-7978
NTP before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.0 before 4.3.90 allows a remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack exhaustion) via an ntpdc relist command, which triggers recursive traversal of the restriction list.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 9.98%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (9.98%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
NTP before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.0 before 4.3.90 allows a remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack exhaustion) via an ntpdc relist command, which triggers recursive traversal of the restriction list.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 9.98% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Affected
- ntp/ntp
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177507.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176434.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00059.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00060.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00020.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00038.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00048.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00026.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00042.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00114.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0780.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2583.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#April_2016_NTP_4_2_8p7_SecurityVendor Advisory
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160127-ntpdThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3629Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81962Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034782Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3096-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa113Third Party Advisory
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:09.ntp.asc
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171031-0001/
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/718152Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177507.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176434.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00059.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00060.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00020.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00038.htmlThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.