Severity
7.5HIGH
EPSS
13.9%
top 5.67%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedAug 7
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The ntpd client in NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p4 and 4.3.x before 4.3.77 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a number of crafted "KOD" messages.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages7 packages

NVDntp/ntp4.2.04.2.8+2
NVDmcafee/enterprise_security_manager11.0.011.2.0+1
Debianntp< 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3
NVDcitrix/xenserver4 versions+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, Enterprise Linux 6.5, 6.6, 7.3, 7.4, 7.6, 7.7, 6.7, 7.1, 7.5

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-jm9v-x8m5-p6p2: The ntpd client in NTP 42022-05-13
OSV
CVE-2015-7704: The ntpd client in NTP 42017-08-07
CVEList
CVE-2015-7704: The ntpd client in NTP 42017-08-07

📋Vendor Advisories

7
Red Hat
ntp: Interleaved symmetric mode cannot recover from bad state2018-02-27
Cisco
Multiple Vulnerabilities in Network Time Protocol Daemon Affecting Cisco Products: April 20162016-04-28
Ubuntu
NTP vulnerabilities2015-10-27
BSD
FreeBSD-SA-15:25.ntp: Multiple vulnerabilities of ntp [REVISED]2015-10-26
Cisco
Multiple Vulnerabilities in ntpd Affecting Cisco Products - October 20152015-10-22

💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8138 ntp: missing check for zero originate timestamp2016-01-18
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-7704 CVE-2015-5300 ntp: two flaws [fedora-all]2015-10-22
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-7704 ntp: disabling synchronization via crafted KoD packet2015-10-13
CVE-2015-7704 (HIGH CVSS 7.5) | The ntpd client in NTP 4.x before 4 | cvebase.io