CVE-2015-8158

MEDIUM

Description

The getresponse function in ntpq in NTP versions before 4.2.8p9 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted packets with incorrect values.

References

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

http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2948

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3629

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81814

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034782

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03750en_us

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03766en_us

https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:09.ntp.asc

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

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171031-0001/

https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/718152

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2017-01-30

Updated: 2018-01-05

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 8.6

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 5.9

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

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 2.2

Severity: MEDIUM