CVE-2015-7975 (NVD)

2017-01-30

The nextvar function in NTP before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 does not properly validate the length of its input, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (application crash).

Products Ntp
Type Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CWE-119)
First patch - None (likely due to unavailable code)
Links http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00026.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00048.html
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03750en_us
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:09.ntp.asc
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00042.html