Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting ntp-doc package, versions <0:4.2.6p5-25.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
26% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-NTPDOC-1454973
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed20 Jan 2016

Introduced: 20 Jan 2016

CVE-2015-7978  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 ntp-doc to version 0:4.2.6p5-25.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:2583.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ntp-doc package and not the ntp-doc package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

NTP before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.0 before 4.3.90 allows a remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack exhaustion) via an ntpdc relist command, which triggers recursive traversal of the restriction list.

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