CVE-2015-5146

Public on 2015-09-02
Modified on 2016-02-09
Description
ntpd in ntp before 4.2.8p3 with remote configuration enabled allows remote authenticated users with knowledge of the configuration password and access to a computer entrusted to perform remote configuration to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a NULL byte in a crafted configuration directive packet.
Severity
Low severity
Low
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CVSS v3 Base Score
1.4
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 ntp 2015-09-02 ALAS-2015-593 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 1.4 AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2015-5146 Mitre: CVE-2015-5146