vulnerability

IBM AIX: ntp_advisory6 (CVE-2015-7977): Vulnerabilities in NTP affect AIX

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 30, 2017
Added
Nov 30, 2017
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a ntpdc reslist command.

Solution

ibm-aix-ntp_advisory6
Title
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