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NTP: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CVE-2015-7975)

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NTP: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CVE-2015-7975)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/30/2017
Created
02/28/2023
Added
02/23/2023
Modified
03/01/2023

Description

The nextvar function in NTP before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 does not properly validate the length of its input, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (application crash).

Solution(s)

  • ntp-upgrade-latest

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