CVE-2015-7854 — Classic Buffer Overflow in NTP

CWE-120 — Classic Buffer OverflowCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-22 — Path TraversalCWE-264CWE-287 — Improper AuthenticationCWE-39927 documents10 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
3.8%
top 11.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
NTPDebian NTPCisco Products October 2015
Timeline
PublishedAug 7
Latest updateMay 13

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDntp/ntp4.2.0 — 4.2.8+2
▶debiandebian/ntp< ntp 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-1 (bullseye)
▶Debianntp/ntp< 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-1

Patches

Patch: support.ntp.org ↗Patch: support.ntp.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-8gh3-2xx2-w723: Buffer overflow in the password management functionality in NTP 4↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2015-7854: Buffer overflow in the password management functionality in NTP 4↗2017-08-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

21
CISA ICS
Rockwell Automation Stratix 5900↗2017-05-10
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BSD
FreeBSD-SA-15:25.ntp: Multiple vulnerabilities of ntp [REVISED]↗2015-10-26
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Cisco
Multiple Vulnerabilities in ntpd Affecting Cisco Products - October 2015↗2015-10-22
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Red Hat
ntp: password length memory corruption vulnerability↗2015-10-21
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Debian
CVE-2015-7854: ntp - Buffer overflow in the password management functionality in NTP 4.2.x before 4.2...↗2015
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

2
Talos
Cisco Identifies Multiple Vulnerabilities in Network Time Protocol daemon (ntpd)↗2015-10-21
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Talos
Cisco Identifies Multiple Vulnerabilities in Network Time Protocol daemon (ntpd)↗2015-10-21
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-7854 ntp: password length memory corruption vulnerability↗2015-10-22
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