CVE-2015-7703

CVE Details

Release Date:	2015-08-25
Impact:	Low	What is this?

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.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.0
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	Single
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