CVE-2015-7853

ntp: reference clock memory corruption vulnerability

Published Aug 7, 2017 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 11.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
The datalen parameter in the refclock driver in NTP 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (crash) via a negative input value.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2783-1 NTP vulnerabilities
References
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00020.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00048.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00026.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00042.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00093.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00114.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134082/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-ntp-Authentication-Bypass.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134137/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ntp-Updates.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2920 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#October_2015_NTP_Security_Vulner cve-icon
http://talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2015-0064/ cve-icon
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20151021-ntp cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536737/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536760/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536796/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536833/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/536737/100/100/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/536760/100/100/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/536796/100/100/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/536833/100/100/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77273 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033951 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.talosintel.com/vulnerability-reports/ cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2783-1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa103 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274262 cve-icon cve-icon
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-211752.pdf cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7853 cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15 cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171004-0001/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-159-11 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7853 cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 7:59 AM
Reserved
Oct 16, 2015, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 7, 2017, 8:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:33 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 21, 2015, 12:00 AM