CVE-2015-7974

Publication date 26 January 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.7 · High

Score breakdown

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."

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ntp 17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.3
15.10 wily Ignored end of life
15.04 vivid Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1:4.2.6.p3+dfsg-1ubuntu3.11

Notes

mdeslaur

fedora has an alternate fix http://lists.ntp.org/pipermail/hackers/2016-January/007416.html

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
ntp

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.7 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N