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CVE-2015-7703

HIGH

7.5

CVSS Score

Published: July 24, 2017 at 02:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:32 AM UTC

13 products affected across 5 vendorsDebian LinuxEnterprise Linux DesktopEnterprise Linux Server

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Severity

HIGH7.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 4%

Description

The "pidfile" or "driftfile" directives in NTP ntpd 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77, when ntpd is configured to allow remote configuration, allows remote attackers with an IP address that is allowed to send configuration requests, and with knowledge of the remote configuration password to write to arbitrary files via the :config command.

Affected

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

Debian Linux · Debiandrupal

95%

Clustered Data ONTAP · NetApp

95%

All versions

Data Ontap · NetApp

95%

All versions

Oncommand Performance Manager · NetApp

95%

All versions

Oncommand Unified Manager · NetApp

95%

All versions

95%

4.2.0 ≤ v < 4.2.84.3.0 ≤ v < 4.3.774.2.8 4.2.8 p1 4.2.8 p1-beta1 4.2.8 p1-beta2 4.2.8 p1-beta3 4.2.8 p1-beta4 4.2.8 p1-beta5 4.2.8 p1-rc1 4.2.8 p1-rc2 4.2.8 p2 4.2.8 p2-rc1 4.2.8 p2-rc2 4.2.8 p2-rc3 4.2.8 p3 4.2.8 p3-rc1 4.2.8 p3-rc2 4.2.8 p3-rc3

Affected range stops below 4.2.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 4.3.77, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Linux · Oracledrupal

95%

Enterprise Linux Desktop · Red Hatrubygems

95%

Enterprise Linux Server · Red Hatrubygems

95%

Enterprise Linux Server Aus · Red Hatrubygems

95%

7.3 7.4 7.6 7.7

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (10)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0780.html

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2583.html

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2902

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3388

x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77278

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033951

x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Source: [email protected]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254547

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-20

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