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CVE-2015-7979

Publication date 31 December 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

NTP before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client-server association tear down) by sending broadcast packets with invalid authentication to a broadcast client.

Read the notes from the security team

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 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H