CVE-2015-7855

MEDIUM

NTP <4.2.8p4-4.3.77 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Magnus Klaaborg Stubman · pythondoslinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40840

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.6012
EPSS Percentile 98.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (12)
debian/debian_linux 7.0
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
netapp/clustered_data_ontap
netapp/data_ontap
netapp/oncommand_balance
netapp/oncommand_performance_manager
netapp/oncommand_unified_manager
ntp/ntp 4.2.8 (17 CPE variants)
ntp/ntp 4.2.0 - 4.2.8
... and 2 more
Published Aug 07, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026