Vulnerability CVE-2015-7703
Published: 2017-07-24

Description:
The "pidfile" or "driftfile" directives in NTP ntpd 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77, when ntpd is configured to allow remote configuration, allows remote attackers with an IP address that is allowed to send configuration requests, and with knowledge of the remote configuration password to write to arbitrary files via the :config command.

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5.8/10
4.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
Partial
Affected software
NTP -> NTP 

 References:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0780.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2583.html
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2902
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3388
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77278
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033951
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254547
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171004-0001/
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