vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2015-7848: NTP: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 6, 2017
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Aug 13, 2025

Description

An integer overflow can occur in NTP-dev.4.3.70 leading to an out-of-bounds memory copy operation when processing a specially crafted private mode packet. The crafted packet needs to have the correct message authentication code and a valid timestamp. When processed by the NTP daemon, it leads to an immediate crash.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-misc-ntp
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