CVE-2020-15025
ntpd in ntp 4.2.8 before 4.2.8p15 and 4.3.x before 4.3.101 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending packets, because memory is not freed in situations where
02 Description
ntpd in ntp 4.2.8 before 4.2.8p15 and 4.3.x before 4.3.101 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending packets, because memory is not freed in situations where
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.13% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-06-24 18:04Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 13:00Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-06-24
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 4.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:N/A:H/C:N/I:N/PR:H/S:U/UI:N
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2b7ebd60f0d2eb146caa320eba44a9c4c74eb765d409953451d629d1e8469c82
05 Affected products
06 References
- support.ntp.orghttps://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#June_2020_ntp_4_2_8p15_NTP_Relea
- support.ntp.orghttps://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3661
- bugs.gentoo.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/729458
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0934http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00005.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1007http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00044.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202007-12https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-12
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200702-0002/
07 Fixed in
Debian 11
- ntp Fixed in 1:4.2.8p15-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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