CVE-2015-1798
N/A
Published: April 8, 2015 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:23 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNTP
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
The symmetric-key feature in the receive function in ntp_proto.c in ntpd in NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p2 requires a correct MAC only if the MAC field has a nonzero length, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof packets by omitting the MAC.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00002.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155863.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155864.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00052.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143213867103400&w=2
References (21)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00002.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155863.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155864.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00052.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_HP
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143213867103400&w=2Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1459.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-17
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