Directory Traversal Affecting ntp package, versions <1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-NTP-372976
  • published27 Jun 2018
  • disclosed28 Jan 2020

Introduced: 27 Jun 2018

CVE-2015-7851  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 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:9 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 '&#39; or '/' characters for directory separation such as OpenVMS, allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files.

CVSS Scores

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