CVE-2015-7979 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting NTP versions before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90. A remote attacker can exploit this by sending broadcast packets with invalid authentication to a broadcast client, causing the client-server association to terminate. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on availability. While the FAUCET Risk Score is 64/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:*:p5:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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