| Name | CVE-2015-7849 |
| Description | Use-after-free vulnerability in ntpd in NTP 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77 allows remote authenticated users to possibly execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted packets. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| ntp (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-7+deb8u3 | fixed |
| stretch | 1:4.2.8p10+dfsg-3+deb9u2 | fixed |
| buster | 1:4.2.8p12+dfsg-4 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1:4.2.8p15+dfsg-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| ntp | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
| ntp | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| ntp | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| ntp | source | (unstable) | 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-1 | | | |
Notes
[jessie] - ntp <not-affected> (Bug introduced in 4.2.7p262)
[wheezy] - ntp <not-affected> (Bug introduced in 4.2.7p262)
[squeeze] - ntp <not-affected> (Bug introduced in 4.2.7p262)
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#October_2015_NTP_Security_Vulner
https://github.com/ntp-project/ntp/commit/9c22e66c8f2be6aa0c846f0d9804db20f93c105d