CVE-2015-7691

high

Description

The crypto_xmit function in ntpd in NTP 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted packets containing particular autokey operations. NOTE: This vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-9750.

References

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

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274254

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

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

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-08-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

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:N/A:H

Severity: High