USN-2567-1

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    USN-2567-1

    Published: 13 Apr 2015Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: ntp vulnerabilities

    Details: Miroslav Lichvar discovered that NTP incorrectly validated MAC fields. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authentication and spoof packets. (CVE-2015-1798) Miroslav Lichvar discovered that NTP incorrectly handled certain invalid packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-1799) Juergen Perlinger discovered that NTP incorrectly generated MD5 keys on big-endian platforms. This issue could either cause ntp-keygen to hang, or could result in non-random keys. (CVE number pending)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2567-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1798, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1799

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ntp

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ntp@1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.3?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.3

    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

    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
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High