UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7855

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7855

    Published: 22 Oct 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-7855
    Aliases:
    USN-2783-1

    Summary:

    Details: The decodenetnum function in ntpd in NTP 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) via a 6 or mode 7 packet containing a long data value.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7855, http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#October_2015_NTP_Security_Vulner, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2783-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7855

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ntp

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ntp@1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.5?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.5

    Affected versions

    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2
    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.1
    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.2
    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.3

    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