CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-1822
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-04-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-17
Description
chrony before 1.31.1 does not initialize the last "next" pointer when saving unacknowledged replies to command requests, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer dereference and daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large number of command requests.
Affected configurations
• debian debian linux 7.0
• tuxfamily chrony (<= 1.31)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://listengine.tuxfamily.org/chrony.tuxfamily.org/chrony-announce/2015/04/msg00002.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3222 www.debian.org
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html www.oracle.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73956 www.securityfocus.com
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-01 security.gentoo.org
- http://listengine.tuxfamily.org/chrony.tuxfamily.org/chrony-announce/2015/04/msg00002.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3222 www.debian.org
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html www.oracle.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73956 www.securityfocus.com
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-01 security.gentoo.org