CVE-2015-5195
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
ntp_openssl.m4 in ntpd in NTP before 4.2.7p112 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted statistics or filegen configuration command that is not enabled during compilation.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Fedora Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 23 | Affected | — |
| 22 | Affected | — |
| 21 | Affected | — |
Red Hat Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
| 6.0 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Ubuntu Affected 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 15.10 | Affected | — |
| 15.04 | Affected | — |
| 14.04 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| bullseye | Fixed | 1:4.2.8p3+dfsg-1 |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ntp | ntp | {"endIncluding":"4.2.7"} | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5195.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170926.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169167.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166992.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0780.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2583.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3388
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/25/3
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76474
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2783-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254544
- https://github.com/ntp-project/ntp/commit/52e977d79a0c4ace997e5c74af429844da2f27be
- https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1024157
- https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21985122
- https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21986956
- https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21988706
- https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21989542
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5195
CWEs
CWE-20
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