CVE-2015-7974
high
CVSS v3
7.7
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.7
Description
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."
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
85%
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
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| bullseye | Fixed | 1:4.2.8p7+dfsg-1 |
| 9.0 | Affected | — |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ntp | ntp | {"startIncluding":"4.2.0","endExcluding":"4.2.8"} | 4.2.8 |
| ntp | ntp | 4.2.8 | |
| netapp | clustered_data_ontap | - | |
| netapp | oncommand_balance | - | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7974.html
- http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2936
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2583.html
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2936
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3629
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81960
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034782
- http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0071/
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-497656.pdf
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03750en_us
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03766en_us
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:09.ntp.asc
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171031-0001/
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-103-11
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7974
CWEs
CWE-287
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.