CVE-2015-7849

high-risk

Published 2017-08-07

Use-after-free vulnerability in ntpd in NTP 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77 allows remote authenticated users to possibly execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted packets.

Do I need to act?

3.9% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — moderate exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 8.8/10 High

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Ntp

Oncommand Balance

Oncommand Unified Manager

Clustered Data Ontap

Data Ontap

Ntp

Affected Vendors

Ntp Netapp

References (12)

Patch http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2916

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77276

Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033951

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274257

Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15

Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171004-0001/

Patch http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2916

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77276

Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033951

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274257

Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15

Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171004-0001/

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high-risk

Severity 30/34 · Critical

Exploitability 7/34 · Low

Exposure 21/34 · High