vulnerability

IBM AIX: ntp_advisory4 (CVE-2015-7853): Network Time Protocol (NTP) vulnerability in AIX

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 7, 2017
Added
Nov 30, 2017
Modified
Aug 11, 2025

Description

The datalen parameter in the refclock driver in NTP 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (crash) via a negative input value.

Solution

ibm-aix-ntp_advisory4
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