Out-of-Bounds Affecting ntp package, versions [,4.3.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.94% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-NTP-2382759
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed30 Jan 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 30 Jan 2017

CVE-2015-7975  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ntp to version 4.3.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. The nextvar function in NTP before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 does not properly validate the length of its input, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (application crash).

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