CVE-2015-7851
Published: 28 January 2020
Directory traversal vulnerability in the save_config function in ntpd in ntp_control.c in NTP before 4.2.8p4, when used on systems that do not use '\' or '/' characters for directory separation such as OpenVMS, allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files.
Notes
| Author | Note |
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| mdeslaur | VMS-specific, not needed on Linux |
Priority
CVSS 3 base score: 6.5
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
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ntp Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
upstream |
Needs triage
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| precise |
Not vulnerable
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| trusty |
Not vulnerable
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| vivid |
Not vulnerable
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Patches: upstream: https://github.com/ntp-project/ntp/commit/184516e143ce4448ddb5b9876dd372008cc779f6 |
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