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NTP: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CVE-2015-7851)

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NTP: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CVE-2015-7851)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
01/28/2020
Created
02/28/2023
Added
02/23/2023
Modified
03/01/2023

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the save_config function in ntpd in ntp_control.c in NTP before 4.2.8p4, when used on systems that do not use '\' or '/' characters for directory separation such as OpenVMS, allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files.

Solution(s)

  • ntp-upgrade-4_2_8
  • ntp-upgrade-4_3_77

References

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