DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7974

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7974

    Published: 26 Jan 2016Last Modified: 27 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-7974

    Summary:

    Details: NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 do not verify peer associations of symmetric keys when authenticating packets, which might allow remote attackers to conduct impersonation attacks via an arbitrary trusted key, aka a "skeleton key."

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7974

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ntp

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:4.2.8p7+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