CVE-2015-7855 (GCVE-0-2015-7855)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-08-07 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:06
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The decodenetnum function in ntpd in NTP 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) via a 6 or mode 7 packet containing a long data value.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
11 references
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| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40840/ | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77283 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033951 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3388 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274264 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/publ… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2922 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2017100… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/s… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-103-11 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2015-10-21 00:00
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