CVE-2015-1799

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 0.9%

Description

The symmetric-key feature in the receive function in ntp_proto.c in ntpd in NTP 3.x and 4.x before 4.2.8p2 performs state-variable updates upon receiving certain invalid packets, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (synchronization loss) by spoofing the source IP address of a peer.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 4.2.7p444

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-17

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