Upstream information

CVE-2015-5146 at MITRE

Description

ntpd in ntp before 4.2.8p3 with remote configuration enabled allows remote authenticated users with knowledge of the configuration password and access to a computer entrusted to perform remote configuration to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a NULL byte in a crafted configuration directive packet.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 3.5 1.4
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network Adjacent Network
Access Complexity Medium High
Authentication Single Single
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact Partial Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 936690 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS ntp Already fixed
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 ntp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 ntp Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 ntp Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 ntp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS ntp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 ntp Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS ntp Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 ntp Already fixed


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Jul 1 08:27:19 2015
CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 13 19:06:25 2023