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CVE-2015-7854

high

Description

Buffer overflow in the password management functionality in NTP 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted key file.

References

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

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274263

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

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77277

http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2921

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-08-07

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03305