CVE-2015-7850

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2015-10-21
CWE:
CWE-20
Bugzilla:
1274258: CVE-2015-7850 ntp: remote configuration denial of service vulnerability

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

ntpd 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 (infinite loop or crash) by pointing the key file at the log file.

Find out more about CVE-2015-7850 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ntp Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ntp Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ntp Will not fix

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