The nextvar function in NTP before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 does not properly validate the length of its input, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (application crash).
References
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00059.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00060.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00020.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00038.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00048.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00026.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00042.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00114.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2937 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#January_2016_NTP_4_2_8p6_Securit cve-icon
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160127-ntpd cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81959 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034782 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0072/ cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3096-1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa113 cve-icon cve-icon
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03750en_us cve-icon cve-icon
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03766en_us cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7975 cve-icon
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:09.ntp.asc cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15 cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171031-0001/ cve-icon cve-icon
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https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/718152 cve-icon cve-icon
History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-01-30T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:06:31.469Z

Reserved: 2015-10-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-7975

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-30T21:59:00.253

Modified: 2017-11-21T02:29:00.743

Link: CVE-2015-7975

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-01-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-7975 - Bugzilla