CVE-2015-7703

high

Description

The "pidfile" or "driftfile" directives in NTP ntpd 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77, when ntpd is configured to allow remote configuration, allows remote attackers with an IP address that is allowed to send configuration requests, and with knowledge of the remote configuration password to write to arbitrary files via the :config command.

References

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171004-0001/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254547

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033951

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77278

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3388

http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2902

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2583.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0780.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-07-24

Updated: 2020-06-18

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High