CVE-2015-1853 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in chrony versions prior to 1.31.1, affecting authenticated symmetric NTP associations. An attacker with knowledge of NTP peering can send crafted NTP packets with random timestamps, preventing the chrony daemon from synchronizing. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on availability. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.31.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tuxfamily:chrony:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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