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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2015-7979: Vulnerability in NTP

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2015-7979: Vulnerability in NTP

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/30/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/29/2017
Modified
02/01/2022

Description

NTP before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client-server association tear down) by sending broadcast packets with invalid authentication to a broadcast client.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-service-network-ntp-4-2-8-6-0-175-3-6-0-1-0

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