CVE-2015-1821

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in chrony before 1.31.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (chronyd crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by configuring the (1) NTP or (2) cmdmon access with a subnet size that is indivisible by four and an address with a nonzero bit in the subnet remainder.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-01

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73955

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3222

http://listengine.tuxfamily.org/chrony.tuxfamily.org/chrony-announce/2015/04/msg00002.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3