CVE-2015-7975

Description

The 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).

Risk Information

Base Score
6.2
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.412

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Network Time Protocol daemon and utility programs (USN-3096-1) ntp_4.2.6.p3+dfsg-1ubuntu3.11_i386.debLinux
Network Time Protocol daemon and utility programs (USN-3096-1) ntp_4.2.6.p3+dfsg-1ubuntu3.11_amd64.debLinux
Network Time Protocol daemon and utility programs (USN-3096-1) ntp_4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10_i386.debLinux
SUSE-SU-2016:1177-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 ) yast2-ntp-client-3.1.22-6.2.noarch.rpmLinux
Multiple Vulnerabilities in Network Time Protocol Daemon Affecting Cisco Products: January 2016 For Cisco IOS XE SoftwareNCM
Multiple Vulnerabilities in Network Time Protocol Daemon Affecting Cisco Products: January 2016 For Cisco NX-OS SoftwareNCM
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability (CVE-2015-7975)NCM

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-1706107Security Update for Cisco IOS XE Software 5.2(1)SV5(1.3a)
PATCH-1706149Security Update for Cisco NX-OS Software 4.1(3a)UCSM

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234