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CVE-2015-7850 ntp

Affected softwarentp
Severity6.5 Medium CVSS 3.1 2 scores
WeaknessCWE-835
Published7 Aug 2017
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

ntpd in NTP 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop or crash) by pointing the key file at the log file.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 9 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 5.6% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued none
  • Review human Researcher
  • Record active
Decided by Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

CVSS

6.5 MEDIUM v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 6.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H NVD Primary published
CVSS 2.0 4.0 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

7 products, 27 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd debian debian linux generic 7.0 · 8.0 · 9.0
nvd netapp clustered data ontap generic any version
nvd netapp data ontap generic any version
nvd netapp oncommand balance generic any version
nvd netapp oncommand performance manager generic any version
nvd netapp oncommand unified manager generic any version
nvd ntp ntp generic ≥ 4.2.0 and < 4.2.8 · 4.2.8 · 4.2.8:p1 · 4.2.8:p1-beta1 · 4.2.8:p1-beta2 · 4.2.8:p1-beta3 · 4.2.8:p1-beta4 · 4.2.8:p1-beta5 · 4.2.8:p1-rc1 · 4.2.8:p1-rc2 · 4.2.8:p2 · 4.2.8:p2-rc1 · 4.2.8:p2-rc2 · 4.2.8:p2-rc3 · 4.2.8:p3 · 4.2.8:p3-rc1 · 4.2.8:p3-rc2 · 4.2.8:p3-rc3 · ≥ 4.3.0 and < 4.3.77

References

URLTags
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2917 Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3388 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77279 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033951 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274258 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171004-0001/ Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published2017-08-07By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.