Directory Traversal Affecting ntp package, versions <1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-1
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.18% (57th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-NTP-514584
- published 27 Jun 2018
- disclosed 28 Jan 2020
Introduced: 27 Jun 2018
CVE-2015-7851 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11 ntp to version 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ntp package and not the ntp package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.
Directory traversal vulnerability in the save_config function in ntpd in ntp_control.c in NTP before 4.2.8p4, when used on systems that do not use '' or '/' characters for directory separation such as OpenVMS, allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files.
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