CVE-2015-7978
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 10.0%
Description
NTP before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.0 before 4.3.90 allows a remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack exhaustion) via an ntpdc relist command, which triggers recursive traversal of the restriction list.
How to fix CVE-2015-7978
To remediate CVE-2015-7978, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/ntp—upgrade to 1:4.2.8p7+dfsg-1 or later
Is CVE-2015-7978 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 10.0%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1:4.2.8p7+dfsg-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |