CVE-2015-7975

NameCVE-2015-7975
DescriptionThe nextvar function in NTP before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 does not properly validate the length of its input, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (application crash).
SourceCVE (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 PackageReleaseVersionStatus
ntp (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-7+deb8u3fixed
stretch1:4.2.8p10+dfsg-3+deb9u2fixed
buster, buster (lts)1:4.2.8p12+dfsg-4+deb10u1fixed
bullseye1:4.2.8p15+dfsg-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
ntpsourcewheezy(not affected)
ntpsourcejessie(not affected)
ntpsource(unstable)1:4.2.8p7+dfsg-1

Notes

[jessie] - ntp <not-affected> (Introduced in 4.2.8)
[wheezy] - ntp <not-affected> (Introduced in 4.2.8)
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#January_2016_NTP_4_2_8p6_Securit
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2937

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