External Control of File Name or Path 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
25.16% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-NTPDOC-1455075
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed25 Aug 2015

Introduced: 25 Aug 2015

CVE-2015-7703  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-73  (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.

The "pidfile" or "driftfile" directives in NTP ntpd 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77, when ntpd is configured to allow remote configuration, allows remote attackers with an IP address that is allowed to send configuration requests, and with knowledge of the remote configuration password to write to arbitrary files via the :config command.

CVSS Scores

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