CVE-2015-7976

high-risk

Published 2017-01-30

The ntpq saveconfig command in NTP 4.1.2, 4.2.x before 4.2.8p6, 4.3, 4.3.25, 4.3.70, and 4.3.77 does not properly filter special characters, which allows attackers to cause unspecified impact via a crafted filename.

Do I need to act?

3.2% 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 4.3/10 Medium

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Ntp

Affected Vendors

Ntp Opensuse Novell Suse

References (34)

Third Party Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00059.html

Third Party Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00060.html

Third Party Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00020.html

Third Party Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00038.html

Third Party Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00048.html

Third Party Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00026.html

Third Party Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00042.html

Third Party Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00114.html

Vendor Advisory http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2938

Third Party Advisory http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20...

Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034782

Third Party Advisory http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3096-1

Third Party Advisory https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa113

https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:09.ntp.asc

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

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171031-0001/

Third Party Advisory https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/718152

Third Party Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00059.html

Third Party Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00060.html

Third Party Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00020.html

and 14 more references

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high-risk

Severity 18/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 6/34 · Minimal

Exposure 30/34 · Critical