CVE-2015-7849

ntp: trusted keys memory corruption vulnerability

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · October 21, 2015

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in ntpd in NTP 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77 allows remote authenticated users to possibly execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted packets.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of ntp as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7 as these version do not include the affected code.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-416 · Use After Free