CVE-2015-5146

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-5146
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-08-24 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-08-02 01:29:00 UTC
Descriptionntpd 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp All p2 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: ntp-4.2.6p5-33.fc22 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice CONFIRM support.ntp.org Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3388-1 ntp DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
NTP CVE-2015-5146 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE-2015-5146 Network Time Protocol Daemon (ntpd) Denial of Service Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Bug 2853 – Crafted remote config packet can crash some versions of ntpd. CONFIRM bugs.ntp.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Ntpd Remote Configuration Bug Lets Remote Authenticated Users on the Local Network Cause the Target Service to Crash - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
1238136 – (CVE-2015-5146) CVE-2015-5146 ntp: ntpd control message crash on crafted NUL-byte in configuration directive (VU#668167) CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: ntp-4.2.6p5-34.fc21 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: ntp-4.2.6p5-33.fc23 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
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