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CVE-2020-15025 ntp

Affected softwarentp
Severity4.9 Medium CVSS 3.1 3 scores
WeaknessCWE-401
Published24 Jun 2020
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

ntpd in ntp 4.2.8 before 4.2.8p15 and 4.3.x before 4.3.101 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending packets, because memory is not freed in situations where a CMAC key is used and associated with a CMAC algorithm in the ntp.keys file.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 6 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 3.1% 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

4.9 MEDIUM v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 3 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 4.9 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H NVD Primary published
CVSS 3.1 4.4 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H cve@mitre.org Secondary
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

16 products, 21 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd netapp 8300 firmware generic any version
nvd netapp 8700 firmware generic any version
nvd netapp a400 firmware generic any version
nvd netapp cloud backup generic any version
nvd netapp h300e firmware generic any version
nvd netapp h300s firmware generic any version
nvd netapp h410c firmware generic any version
nvd netapp h410s firmware generic any version
nvd netapp h500e firmware generic any version
nvd netapp h500s firmware generic any version
nvd netapp h700e firmware generic any version
nvd netapp h700s firmware generic any version
nvd netapp steelstore cloud integrated storage generic any version
nvd ntp ntp generic 4.2.8:p11 · 4.2.8:p12 · 4.2.8:p13 · 4.2.8:p14 · ≥ 4.3.97 and < 4.3.101
nvd opensuse leap generic 15.1 · 15.2
nvd oracle zfs storage appliance kit generic 8.8

References

URLTags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00005.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00044.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.gentoo.org/729458 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-12 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200702-0002/ Third Party Advisory
https://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3661 Vendor Advisory
https://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#June_2020_ntp_4_2_8p15_NTP_Relea Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published2020-06-24By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.