CVE-2015-7854

ntp: password length 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

Buffer overflow in the password management functionality in NTP 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted key file.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of ntp as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.

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-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer