CVE-2015-5146

Public on 2015-09-02

Modified on 2016-02-09

Description

ntpd in ntp before 4.2.8p3 with remote configuration enabled allows remote authenticated users with knowledge of the configuration password and access to a computer entrusted to perform remote configuration to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a NULL byte in a crafted configuration directive packet.

Severity

Low

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CVSS v3 Base Score

1.4

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 1	ntp	2015-09-02 12:00	ALAS-2015-593

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv2	1.4	AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD	CVSSv2	3.5	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD	CVSSv3	5.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Red Hat: CVE-2015-5146 Mitre: CVE-2015-5146 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity