Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2015-7851CVE-2015-7851
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
3.5 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
55.1%
Directory traversal vulnerability in the save_config function in ntpd in
ntp_control.c in NTP before 4.2.8p4, when used on systems that do not use
'' or ‘/’ characters for directory separation such as OpenVMS, allows
remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files.
Bugs
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | VMS-specific, not needed on Linux |
References
blog.talosintel.com/2015/10/ntpd-vulnerabilities.html
support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#October_2015_NTP_Security_Vulner
talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2015-0062/
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-7851
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7851
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7851
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7851
Related
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
3.5 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
55.1%