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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2015-7703: NTP: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2015-7703: NTP: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
07/24/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
06/22/2020

Description

The "pidfile" or "driftfile" directives in NTP ntpd 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77, when ntpd is configured to allow remote configuration, allows remote attackers with an IP address that is allowed to send configuration requests, and with knowledge of the remote configuration password to write to arbitrary files via the :config command.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-misc-ntp

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