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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-7705 Detail

Description

The rate limiting feature in NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p4 and 4.3.x before 4.3.77 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a large number of crafted requests.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00020.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00034.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00037.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00048.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00052.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00001.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00020.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00026.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00042.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00093.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00114.html CVE, MITRE
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134137/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ntp-Updates.html CVE, MITRE
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2901 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#October_2015_NTP_4_2_8p4_Securit CVE, MITRE Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20151021-ntp CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536737/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536796/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/536737/100/100/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/536796/100/100/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77284 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033951 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2783-1 CVE, MITRE
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa103 CVE, MITRE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274184 CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-211752.pdf CVE, MITRE
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-497656.pdf CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/1020.pdf CVE, MITRE Technical Description 
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05270839 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171004-0001/ CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX220112 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-103-11 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-159-11 CVE, MITRE
https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1212-security-advisory-0016 CVE, MITRE
https://www.cs.bu.edu/~goldbe/NTPattack.html CVE, MITRE Not Applicable 
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/718152 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-7705
NVD Published Date:
08/07/2017
NVD Last Modified:
04/19/2025
Source:
MITRE