CVE-2015-7854

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2015-10-21
CWE:
CWE-119
Bugzilla:
1274263: CVE-2015-7854 ntp: password length memory corruption vulnerability

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2015-7854 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of ntp as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.

CVSS v2 metrics

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

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
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 Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ntp Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ntp Not affected

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