CVE-2015-5146

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    CVE-2015-5146

    Published: 24 Aug 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: ntpd in ntp before 4.2.8p3 with remote configuration enabled allows remote authenticated users with knowledge of the configuration password and access to a computer entrusted to perform remote configuration to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a NULL byte in a crafted configuration directive packet.

    References: http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2853, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170926.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169167.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166992.html, http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#March_2017_ntp_4_2_8p10_NTP_Secu, http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3388, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75589, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034168, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1238136, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201509-01, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0003/, http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2853, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1238136

    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