CVE-2015-7703

2015-10-2200:00:00

ubuntu.com

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

4.3 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

0.352 Low

EPSS

Percentile

97.1%

JSON

The “pidfile” or “driftfile” directives in NTP ntpd 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4,
and 4.3.x before 4.3.77, when ntpd is configured to allow remote
configuration, allows remote attackers with an IP address that is allowed
to send configuration requests, and with knowledge of the remote
configuration password to write to arbitrary files via the :config command.

Bugs

<http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2902>

Notes

Author	Note
mdeslaur	dupe of CVE-2015-5196

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu12.04noarchntp< 1:4.2.6.p3+dfsg-1ubuntu3.6UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchntp< 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.5UNKNOWN
ubuntu15.04noarchntp< 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu6.2UNKNOWN
ubuntu15.10noarchntp< 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu8.1UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	ntp	< 1:4.2.6.p3+dfsg-1ubuntu3.6	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	ntp	< 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.5	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	15.04	noarch	ntp	< 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu6.2	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	15.10	noarch	ntp	< 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu8.1	UNKNOWN