CVE-2015-7703
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7703
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-7703.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-7703
- Related
- Published
- 2017-07-24T14:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-04-20T01:37:25Z
- Downstream
- Severity
-
- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0780.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2583.html
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2902
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3388
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77278
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033951
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254547
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171004-0001/
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7703
Affected packages
Debian:11 / ntp
Package
- Name
- ntp
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/ntp?arch=source