CVE-2015-7977

Summary

CVECVE-2015-7977
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-01-30 21:59:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
Descriptionntpd in NTP before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a ntpdc reslist command.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.9 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-476 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary5.9MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.1 - All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.1 p1 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.1 p10 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.1 p12 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.1 p15 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.1 p16 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.1 p17 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.1 p18 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.1 p19 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.1 p2 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.1 p22 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.1 p24 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.1 p25 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.1 p26 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.1 p27 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.1 p3 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.1 p4 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.1 p5 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.1 p6 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.1 p7 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.1 p8 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.1 p9 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.2 - All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.2 p1 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.2 p10 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.2 p2 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.2 p5 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.2 p7 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.2 p8 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.2 p9 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.3 - All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.3 p1 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.3 p10 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.3 p12 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.3 p13 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.3 p16 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.3 p19 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.3 p2 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.3 p20 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.3 p21 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.3 p22 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.3 p23 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.3 p24 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.3 p25 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.3 p28 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.3 p3 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.3 p30 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.3 p31 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.3 p32 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.3 p33 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.3 p34 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.3 p5 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.3 p6 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.3 p7 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.3 p8 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.3 p9 All All
Application Netapp Clustered Data Ontap - All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Balance - All All All
Application Ntp Ntp All All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.8 - All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.8 p1 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.8 p1-beta1 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.8 p1-beta2 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.8 p1-beta3 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.8 p1-beta4 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.8 p1-beta5 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.8 p1-rc1 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.8 p1-rc2 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.8 p2 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.8 p2-rc1 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.8 p2-rc2 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.8 p2-rc3 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.8 p3 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.8 p3-rc1 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.8 p3-rc2 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.8 p3-rc3 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.8 p4 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.8 p5 All All
Application Ntp Ntp All All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 6 - All All
Hardware Siemens Tim 4r-ie All All All All
Hardware Siemens Tim 4r-ie Dnp3 - All All All
Operating System Siemens Tim 4r-ie Dnp3 Firmware - All All All
Operating System Siemens Tim 4r-ie Firmware All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
openSUSE-SU-2016:1423-1: moderate: Security update for ntp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Broken Link
Siemens TIM 4R-IE Devices | CISA af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 us-cert.cisa.gov Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
SA113: January 2016 NTP Security Vulnerabilities | Blue Coat Systems, Inc. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bto.bluecoat.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1912-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1177-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Broken Link
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-497656.pdf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cert-portal.siemens.com Third Party Advisory
support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2939 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.ntp.org Vendor Advisory
Vulnerability Note VU#718152 - NTP.org ntpd contains multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Broken Link
security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:09.ntp.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.FreeBSD.org Third Party Advisory
support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.ntp.org Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Broken Link
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:1292-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Broken Link
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1311-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Broken Link
NTP: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201607-15) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
January 2016 Network Time Protocol Daemon (ntpd) Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
NTP CVE-2015-7977 NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: ntp-4.2.6p5-36.fc23 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3629-1 ntp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:2094-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Broken Link
Multiple Vulnerabilities in Network Time Protocol Daemon Affecting Cisco Products - January 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 tools.cisco.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: ntp-4.2.6p5-36.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Oracle Linux Bulletin - April 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3096-1: NTP vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1247-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Broken Link
ntp Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Spoof Messages, Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information, and Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1175-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Broken Link
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 590721 Siemens TIM 4R-IE Devices Multiple Vulnerabilities (ICSA-21-103-11)
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