CVE-2015-5300

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    CVE-2015-5300

    Published: 21 Jul 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The panic_gate check in NTP before 4.2.8p5 is only re-enabled after the first change to the system clock that was greater than 128 milliseconds by default, which allows remote attackers to set NTP to an arbitrary time when started with the -g option, or to alter the time by up to 900 seconds otherwise by responding to an unspecified number of requests from trusted sources, and leveraging a resulting denial of service (abort and restart).

    References: http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ntp_advisory5.asc, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170684.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170926.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177507.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00059.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00060.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00020.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00038.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00048.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00026.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00042.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00114.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1930.html, http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Feb/164, http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2956, http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#January_2016_NTP_4_2_8p5_Securit, http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3388, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77312, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034670, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2783-1, https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa113, https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-15-356-01, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171004-0001/, https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX220112, https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023885, https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1024073, https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1021264, https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1005821, https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21979393, https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21980676, https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21983501, https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21983506, https://www.cs.bu.edu/~goldbe/NTPattack.html, https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:02.ntp.asc, https://www.ibm.com/support/home/docdisplay?lndocid=migr-5099428, https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html, https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html, http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Feb/164, http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2956, http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#January_2016_NTP_4_2_8p5_Securit, http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2956, http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#January_2016_NTP_4_2_8p5_Securit, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271076

    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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