CVE-2015-1798 describes a vulnerability in NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p2, specifically within the ntp_proto.c receive function. This flaw allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof NTP packets by omitting the Message Authentication Code (MAC), as the symmetric-key feature only enforces MAC validation if the MAC field has a non-zero length. With a CVSS score of 1.8, this vulnerability has a low severity, requiring adjacent network access and high attack complexity to achieve a partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.2.7p444CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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