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CVE-2015-8158
The getresponse function in ntpq in NTP versions before 4.2.8p9 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…
Medium5.9EPSS 7.5%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
The getresponse function in ntpq in NTP versions before 4.2.8p9 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted packets with incorrect values.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.5% · top 5.5% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- DSA-3629 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03766en_us (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1034782 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- VU#718152 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03750en_us (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2583 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 81814 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171031-0001/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2948 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FreeBSD-SA-16:09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDx_transferred
- GLSA-201607-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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