CVE-2015-7974
Public on 2016-01-26
Modified on 2016-10-18
Description
A flaw was found in the way NTP verified trusted keys during symmetric key authentication. An authenticated client (A) could use this flaw to modify a packet sent between a server (B) and a client (C) using a key that is different from the one known to the client (A).
Severity
Low
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | ntp | 2016-02-09 | ALAS-2016-649 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 3.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |