CVE-2015-7703

CVE Details

Release Date:

2015-08-25

Description

The pidfile or driftfile directives in NTP ntpd 4.2.x before4.2.8p4, 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.

See more information about CVE-2015-7703 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	Requires single instance	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (ntp)	ELSA-2016-0780	2016-05-12
Oracle Linux version 7 (ntp)	ELSA-2016-2583	2016-11-09

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