CVE-2015-1822
Public on 2015-04-16
Modified on 2015-06-02
Description
An uninitialized pointer use flaw was found when allocating memory to save unacknowledged replies to authenticated command requests. An attacker that has the command key and is allowed to access cmdmon (only localhost is allowed by default) could use this flaw to crash chronyd or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the chronyd process.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | chrony | 2015-06-02 | ALAS-2015-539 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 6.0 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |