DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7703

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7703

    Published: 24 Jul 2017Last Modified: 27 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-7703

    Summary:

    Details: The "pidfile" or "driftfile" directives in NTP ntpd 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77, when ntpd is configured to allow remote configuration, allows remote attackers with an IP address that is allowed to send configuration requests, and with knowledge of the remote configuration password to write to arbitrary files via the :config command.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7703

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ntp

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/ntp?arch=source&distro=bullseye

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-1

    Affected versions

    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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