vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2015-8158: ntp -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 9, 2016
Added
Jul 27, 2016
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

The getresponse function in ntpq in NTP versions before 4.2.8p9 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted packets with incorrect values.

Solution

debian-upgrade-ntp
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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