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CVE-2015-7974 Details

Description

NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 do not verify peer associations of symmetric keys when authenticating packets, which might allow remote attackers to conduct impersonation attacks via an arbitrary trusted key, aka a "skeleton key."

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.7 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2936	CVE	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2583.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-497656.pdf	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03750en_us	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03766en_us	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:09.ntp.asc	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171031-0001/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2936	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-103-11	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3629	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81960	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034782	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0071/	CVE	ExploitThird Party Advisory
http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2936	[email protected]	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2583.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-497656.pdf	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03750en_us	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03766en_us	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:09.ntp.asc	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171031-0001/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2936	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-103-11	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3629	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81960	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034782	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0071/	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party Advisory

see all 28 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-287	Improper Authentication	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
ntp ntp	>= 4.2.0, < 4.2.8 >= 4.3.0, < 4.3.90 4.2.8 - 4.2.8 p1 4.2.8 p1-beta1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1-beta1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1-beta2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1-beta3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1-beta4:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1-beta5:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1-rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1-rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p2-rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p2-rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p2-rc3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p3-rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p3-rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p3-rc3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p4:::::: cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p5:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
siemens tim 4r-ie firmware	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:o:siemens:tim_4r-ie_firmware:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
siemens tim 4r-ie	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:h:siemens:tim_4r-ie:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
siemens tim 4r-ie dnp3 firmware	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:o:siemens:tim_4r-ie_dnp3_firmware:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
siemens tim 4r-ie dnp3	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:h:siemens:tim_4r-ie_dnp3:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
netapp clustered data ontap	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:a:netapp:clustered_data_ontap:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
netapp oncommand balance	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_balance:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	8.0 9.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

32 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 26, 2021	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Apr 15, 2021	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 13, 2021	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 18, 2020	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
May 28, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
May 28, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
May 28, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
May 28, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
May 28, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
May 28, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
May 28, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
May 28, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
May 28, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
May 28, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
May 28, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
May 28, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
May 28, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Jan 5, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 10, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 4, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 10, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 22, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 1, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 27, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 28, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 8, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Jan 28, 2016	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

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