ubuntu-cve-2015-7975
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2015-12-31 00:00
Modified
2025-09-08 16:43
Summary
Details

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).

Severity
6.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
negligible
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "ntp",
            "binary_version": "1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ntpdate",
            "binary_version": "1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.3"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "ntp",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ntp@1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.3?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu8",
        "1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu8.1",
        "1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu9",
        "1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu1",
        "1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu2",
        "1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu3",
        "1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu4",
        "1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5",
        "1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.1",
        "1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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).",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7975",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:43:29Z",
  "published": "2015-12-31T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7975"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#January_2016_NTP_4_2_8p6_Securit"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0072/"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3096-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7975"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-3096-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "negligible",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2015-7975"
  ]
}



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