NTP BUG 2952: Original fix for NTP Bug 2901 broke peer associations

Last update: April 22, 2024 18:49 UTC (7e7bd5857)


Summary

Resolved 4.2.8p7 26 Apr 2016
References Bug 2952 CVE-2015-7704
Affects 4.2.8p4 up to but not including 4.2.8p7, and 4.3.77 up to, but not including 4.3.92. Resolved in 4.2.8p7.
CVSS2 Score 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS3 Score 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

The fix for NTP Bug 2901 in ntp-4.2.8p4 went too far, breaking peer associations.


Mitigation


Credit

This weakness was discovered by Michael Tatarinov , NTP Project Developer Volunteer.


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