CVE-2015-1822

NameCVE-2015-1822
Descriptionchrony before 1.31.1 does not initialize the last "next" pointer when saving unacknowledged replies to command requests, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer dereference and daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large number of command requests.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-193-1, DSA-3222-1
Debian Bugs782160

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
chrony (PTS)bullseye4.0-8+deb11u2fixed
bookworm4.3-2+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie4.6.1-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
chronysourcesqueeze1.24-3+squeeze2DLA-193-1
chronysourcewheezy1.24-3.1+deb7u3DSA-3222-1
chronysource(unstable)1.30-2782160

Notes

Fix: http://git.tuxfamily.org/chrony/chrony.git/commit/?h=1.31-security&id=79eacdb7e694c7e6681b68006425df3faca51aec

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