CVE-2015-7975
NTP Denial of Service
Description
The nextvar function in NTP before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 does not properly validate the length of its input, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (application crash).
INFO
Published Date :
Jan. 30, 2017, 9:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2017, 2:29 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
2.5
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CVE-2015-7975 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
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CVE-2015-7975 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 21, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:09.ntp.asc [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 10, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171031-0001/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 22, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03766en_us [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 27, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03750en_us [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 07, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00026.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00026.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa113 No Types Assigned https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa113 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00020.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00020.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034782 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034782 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81959 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81959 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00038.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00038.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00059.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00059.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3096-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3096-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160127-ntpd No Types Assigned http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160127-ntpd Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00042.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00042.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00060.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00060.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00114.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00114.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/718152 No Types Assigned https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/718152 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource Changed Reference Type http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2937 No Types Assigned http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2937 Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00048.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00048.html Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-119 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p5:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.3.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.3.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.3.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.3.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.3.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.3.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.3.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.3.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.3.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-7975 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-7975
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.24 }} 0.02%
score
0.62253
percentile