vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2015-7849: NTP: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 7, 2017
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in ntpd in NTP 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77 allows remote authenticated users to possibly execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted packets.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-misc-ntp
Title
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