CVE-2015-8158

MEDIUM

NTP <4.2.8p9, <4.3.90 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

The getresponse function in ntpq in NTP versions before 4.2.8p9 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted packets with incorrect values.

References (11)

[Vendor Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2583.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2948

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81814

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034782

[Vendor Advisory] https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03750en_us

[Vendor Advisory] https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03766en_us

[Various Sources] https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:09.ntp.asc

[Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource] https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/718152

[Vendor Advisory] https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171031-0001/

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3629

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0812

EPSS Percentile 92.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

Status published

Affected Products (50)

ntp/ntp

ntp/ntp < 4.2.8

ntp/ntp

... and 35 more

Timeline

Published Jan 30, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026