CVE-2015-5146 - Vulncode-DB

CVE-2015-5146 (NVD)

2017-08-24

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.

Products	Debian_linux, Fedora, Ntp
Type	Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)
First patch	- None (likely due to unavailable code)
Links	• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169167.html • https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0003/ • http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166992.html • http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75589 • http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3388 More/Less (6) • http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034168 • http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#March_2017_ntp_4_2_8p10_NTP_Secu • https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201509-01 • http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170926.html • https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1238136 • http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2853