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NTP before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 allows remote...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 1, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 30, 2017
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Last updated Feb 1, 2023

Severity

High
7.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2015-7979

GHSA ID

GHSA-9fqj-9gp8-4rwc

Source code

No known source code

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