UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7703

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7703
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7703.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7703
Related
Published
2015-10-22T00:00:00Z
Modified
2015-10-22T00:00:00Z
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
  • 7.4 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / ntp

Package

Name
ntp
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ntp?arch=src?distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.5

Affected versions

1:4.*

1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2
1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.1
1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.2
1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.5",
            "binary_name": "ntp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.5",
            "binary_name": "ntp-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.5",
            "binary_name": "ntp-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.5",
            "binary_name": "ntpdate"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.5",
            "binary_name": "ntpdate-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}