CVE-2015-7854

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 7, 2017 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:33 AM UTC
6 products affected across 2 vendorsClustered Data ONTAPOncommand Unified ManagerNTP

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 15%

Description

Buffer overflow in the password management functionality in NTP 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted key file.

Affected

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

All versions
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

Remediation

No guide yet

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

References (6)

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2921
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77277
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033951
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274263
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-120

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