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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-5219 Detail

Description

The ULOGTOD function in ntp.d in SNTP before 4.2.7p366 does not properly perform type conversions from a precision value to a double, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted NTP packet.


Metrics

 
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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ntp_advisory4.asc CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://bk1.ntp.org/ntp-dev/?PAGE=patch&REV=51786731Gr4-NOrTBC_a_uXO4wuGhg CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170926.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169167.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166992.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00048.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00153.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0780.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2583.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3388 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/25/3 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76473 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2783-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255118 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking 
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-497656.pdf CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/ntp-project/ntp/commit/5f295cd05c3c136d39f5b3e500a2d781bdbb59c8 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-103-11 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1024157 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21985122 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21986956 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21988706 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21989542 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www.ibm.com/support/home/docdisplay?lndocid=migr-5099409 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-704 Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-5219
NVD Published Date:
07/21/2017
NVD Last Modified:
04/19/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.