UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0727

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0727
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0727.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0727
Related
Published
2016-01-22T00:00:00Z
Modified
2016-01-22T00:00:00Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The crontab script in the ntp package before 1:4.2.6.p3+dfsg-1ubuntu3.11 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, before 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, on Ubuntu Wily, and before 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS allows local users with access to the ntp account to write to arbitrary files and consequently gain privileges via vectors involving statistics directory cleanup.

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-3ubuntu2.14.04.10

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
1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.5
1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.6
1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.7
1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "low",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10",
            "binary_name": "ntp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10",
            "binary_name": "ntp-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10",
            "binary_name": "ntp-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10",
            "binary_name": "ntpdate"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10",
            "binary_name": "ntpdate-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / ntp

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.3

Affected versions

1:4.*

1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu8
1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu8.1
1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu9
1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu1
1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu2
1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu3
1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu4
1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5
1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.1
1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "low",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.3",
            "binary_name": "ntp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.3",
            "binary_name": "ntp-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.3",
            "binary_name": "ntp-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.3",
            "binary_name": "ntpdate"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.3",
            "binary_name": "ntpdate-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}