CVE-2015-7851 (NVD)

2020-01-28

Directory traversal vulnerability in the save_config function in ntpd in ntp_control.c in NTP before 4.2.8p4, when used on systems that do not use '\' or '/' characters for directory separation such as OpenVMS, allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files.

Products Ntp
Type Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE-22)
First patch - None (likely due to unavailable code)
Links http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2918
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice
http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2015-0062/