VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2015-7979

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability11.89%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-01-30
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

NTP before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client-server association tear down) by sending broadcast packets with invalid authentication to a broadcast client.

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