CVE-2015-5194
high
CVSS v3
7.5
VIR risk
7.5
Description
The log_config_command function in ntp_parser.y in ntpd in NTP before 4.2.7p42 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ntpd crash) via crafted logconfig commands.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:4.2.8p3+dfsg-1 |
| rhel | 6.0 | affected | |
| rhel | 7.0 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 15.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 15.10 | affected | |
| fedora | 21 | affected | |
| fedora | 22 | affected | |
| suse | 10 | affected | |
| suse | 11 | affected | |
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| suse | linux_enterprise_debuginfo | 11 | |
| ntp | ntp | {"endIncluding":"4.2.7"} | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5194.html
- http://bk1.ntp.org/ntp-dev/?PAGE=patch&REV=4c4fc141LwvcoGp-lLGhkAFp3ZvtrA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170926.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169167.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00048.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00042.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0780.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2583.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3388
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/25/3
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76475
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2783-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254542
- https://github.com/ntp-project/ntp/commit/553f2fa65865c31c5e3c48812cfd46176cffdd27
- https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1024157
- https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21985122
- https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21986956
- https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21988706
- https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21989542
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5194
CWEs
CWE-20
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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.