CVE-2015-1799

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    CVE-2015-1799

    Published: 8 Apr 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The symmetric-key feature in the receive function in ntp_proto.c in ntpd in NTP 3.x and 4.x before 4.2.8p2 performs state-variable updates upon receiving certain invalid packets, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (synchronization loss) by spoofing the source IP address of a peer.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1459.html, http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#Recent_Vulnerabilities, http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3222, http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3223, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/374268, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:202, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2567-1, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201509-01, http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2781, http://listengine.tuxfamily.org/chrony.tuxfamily.org/chrony-announce/2015/04/msg00002.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00002.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155863.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155864.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00052.html, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143213867103400&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145750740530849&w=2, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204942, http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20150408-ntpd, http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=38275, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/374268, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73950, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032031, https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10114

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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