CVE-2015-7979

Summary

CVECVE-2015-7979
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-01-30 21:59:00 UTC
Updated2021-04-15 21:15:00 UTC
DescriptionNTP before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client-server association tear down) by sending broadcast packets with invalid authentication to a broadcast client.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-19

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.0 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.1 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.10 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.11 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.12 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.13 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.14 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.15 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.16 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.17 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.18 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.19 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.2 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.20 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.21 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.22 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.23 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.24 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.25 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.26 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.27 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.28 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.29 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.3 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.30 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.31 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.32 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.33 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.34 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.35 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.36 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.37 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.38 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.39 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.4 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.40 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.41 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.42 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.43 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.44 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.45 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.46 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.47 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.48 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.49 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.5 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.50 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.51 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.52 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.53 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.54 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.55 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.56 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.57 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.58 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.59 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.6 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.60 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.61 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.62 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.63 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.64 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.65 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.66 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.67 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.68 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.69 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.7 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.70 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.71 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.72 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.73 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.74 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.75 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.76 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.77 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.78 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.79 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.8 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.80 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.81 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.82 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.83 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.84 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.85 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.86 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.87 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.88 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.89 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.0 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.1 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.10 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.11 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.12 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.13 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.14 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.15 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.16 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.17 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.18 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.19 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.2 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.20 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.21 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.22 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.23 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.24 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.25 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.26 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.27 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.28 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.29 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.3 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.30 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.31 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.32 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.33 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.34 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.35 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.36 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.37 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.38 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.39 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.4 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.40 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.41 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.42 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.43 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.44 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.45 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.46 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.47 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.48 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.49 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.5 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.50 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.51 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.52 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.53 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.54 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.55 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.56 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.57 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.58 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.59 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.6 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.60 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.61 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.62 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.63 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.64 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.65 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.66 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.67 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.68 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.69 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.7 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.70 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.71 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.72 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.73 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.74 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.75 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.76 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.77 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.78 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.79 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.8 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.80 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.81 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.82 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.83 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.84 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.85 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.86 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.87 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.88 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.89 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp All p5 All All

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Legacy QID Mappings

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