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F5 Networks: K21230183 (CVE-2015-7976): NTP vulnerability CVE-2015-7976

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F5 Networks: K21230183 (CVE-2015-7976): NTP vulnerability CVE-2015-7976

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
02/22/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/16/2017
Modified
09/16/2019

Description

The ntpq saveconfig command in NTP 4.1.2, 4.2.x before 4.2.8p6, 4.3, 4.3.25, 4.3.70, and 4.3.77 does not properly filter special characters, which allows attackers to cause unspecified impact via a crafted filename.

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

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