Vulnerability Details : CVE-2015-7978

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.
Published 2017-01-30 21:59:01
Updated 2018-05-18 01:29:03
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-7978

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 7.10%

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 94 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ

CVSS scores for CVE-2015-7978

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source
5.0
 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
10.0
2.9
 NIST
7.5
 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.9
3.6
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2015-7978

  • The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2015-7978

Products affected by CVE-2015-7978

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