CVE-2015-1822

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-1822
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-04-16 14:59:03 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionchrony before 1.31.1 does not initialize the last "next" pointer when saving unacknowledged replies to command requests, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer dereference and daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large number of command requests.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-17 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Tuxfamily Chrony All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3222-1 chrony af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Chrony CVE-2015-1822 Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[chrony-announce] chrony-1.31.1 released (security) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 listengine.tuxfamily.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2015-1822 MITRE access.redhat.com
Bug 1209632 – CVE-2015-1822 chrony: uninitialized pointer in cmdmon reply slots MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
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