CVE-2015-7976

Publication date 31 December 2015

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.3 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

The ntpq saveconfig command in NTP 4.1.2, 4.2.x before 4.2.8p6, 4.3, 4.3.25, 4.3.70, and 4.3.77 does not properly filter special characters, which allows attackers to cause unspecified impact via a crafted filename.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ntp 17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.3
15.10 wily Ignored end of life
15.04 vivid Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1:4.2.6.p3+dfsg-1ubuntu3.11

Notes

mdeslaur

unfixed in debian and fedora

Patch details

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Package Patch details
ntp

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 4.3 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

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