CVE-2015-7703

NameCVE-2015-7703
DescriptionThe "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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-335-1, DSA-3388-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
ntp (PTS)buster1:4.2.8p12+dfsg-4fixed
bullseye1:4.2.8p15+dfsg-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
ntpsourcesqueeze1:4.2.6.p2+dfsg-1+deb6u4DLA-335-1
ntpsourcewheezy1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-2+deb7u6DSA-3388-1
ntpsourcejessie1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-7+deb8u1DSA-3388-1
ntpsource(unstable)1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-1

Notes

http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#October_2015_NTP_Security_Vulner
https://github.com/ntp-project/ntp/commit/5dea6ff160c7e8f7cb038619ccccd28c3a8df637
https://github.com/ntp-project/ntp/commit/cdae0f1369ade98dc7ae912a0f1953b6e533cb88

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