CVE-2015-1799
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 8, 2015
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 17, 2015
Description
The symmetric-key feature in the receive function in ntp_proto.c in ntpd in NTP 3.x and 4.x before 4.2.8p2 performs state-variable updates upon receiving certain invalid packets, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (synchronization loss) by spoofing the source IP address of a peer.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- DSA-3222vendor-advisory
- 20150408 Network Time Protocol Daemon Symmetric Mode Packet Processing Denial of Service Vulnerabilityvendor-advisory
- [chrony-announce] 20150407 chrony-1.31.1 released (security)mailing-list
- USN-2567-1vendor-advisory
- VU#374268third-party-advisory
- 73950vdb-entry
- SSRT102029vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2015-5761vendor-advisory
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#Recent_Vulnerabilities
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10114
- FEDORA-2015-5874vendor-advisory
- APPLE-SA-2015-06-30-2vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0775vendor-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- GLSA-201509-01vendor-advisory
- MDVSA-2015:202vendor-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204942
- HPSBHF03557vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2015:1459vendor-advisory
- http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2781
- 20150408 Multiple Vulnerabilities in ntpd (April 2015) Affecting Cisco Productsvendor-advisory
- DSA-3223vendor-advisory
- 1032031vdb-entry
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