CVE-2015-5146
N/A
Published: August 24, 2017 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:28 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraNTP
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
ntpd in ntp before 4.2.8p3 with remote configuration enabled allows remote authenticated users with knowledge of the configuration password and access to a computer entrusted to perform remote configuration to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a NULL byte in a crafted configuration directive packet.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170926.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169167.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166992.html
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#March_2017_ntp_4_2_8p10_NTP_Secu
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3388
References (11)
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2853Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170926.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169167.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166992.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#March_2017_ntp_4_2_8p10_NTP_SecuVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3388VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75589VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034168Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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