CVE-2015-7973
medium
CVSS v3
6.5
VIR risk
6.5
Description
NTP before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90, when configured in broadcast mode, allows man-in-the-middle attackers to conduct replay attacks by sniffing the network.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
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 | 1:4.2.8p7+dfsg-1 |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 16.04 | affected | |
| freebsd | affected | 10.1 | |
| freebsd | 9.3 | affected | |
| freebsd | 10.1 | affected | |
| freebsd | 10.2 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ntp | ntp | {"endExcluding":"4.2.8"} | 4.2.8 |
| ntp | ntp | 4.2.8 | |
| netapp | clustered_data_ontap | - | |
| netapp | oncommand_balance | - | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7973.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00059.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00060.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00020.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00038.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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00114.html
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2935
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160127-ntpd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81963
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034782
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3096-1
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa113
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-497656.pdf
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03750en_us
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03766en_us
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:09.ntp.asc
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171031-0001/
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-103-11
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/718152
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7973
CWEs
CWE-254
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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.