CVE-2015-7851

NameCVE-2015-7851
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in the save_config function in ntpd in ntp_control.c in NTP before 4.2.8p4, when used on systems that do not use '\' or '/' characters for directory separation such as OpenVMS, allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files.
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

[jessie] - ntp <no-dsa> (Vulnerability only affects VMS)
[wheezy] - ntp <no-dsa> (Vulnerability only affects VMS)
[squeeze] - ntp <no-dsa> (Vulnerability only affects VMS)
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#October_2015_NTP_Security_Vulner
https://github.com/ntp-project/ntp/commit/184516e143ce4448ddb5b9876dd372008cc779f6

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