vulnerability

IBM AIX: ntp_advisory4 (CVE-2015-7691): Network Time Protocol (NTP) vulnerability in AIX

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 7, 2017
Added
Nov 30, 2017
Modified
Aug 11, 2025

Description

The crypto_xmit function in ntpd in NTP 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted packets containing particular autokey operations. NOTE: This vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-9750.

Solution

ibm-aix-ntp_advisory4
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