Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package ntp  (opens in a new tab)


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Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
94.42% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-NTP-1555095
  • published7 Aug 2017
  • disclosed7 Aug 2017

Introduced: 7 Aug 2017

CVE-2015-7855  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:12.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ntp package and not the ntp package as distributed by Debian.

The decodenetnum function in ntpd in NTP 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) via a 6 or mode 7 packet containing a long data value.