CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-7851

6.5 MEDIUM Published 2020-01-28 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-01-28
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
3.5 LOW — AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the save_config function in ntpd in ntp_control.c in NTP before 4.2.8p4, when used on systems that do not use '\' or '/' characters for directory separation such as OpenVMS, allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files.

Affected configurations

• ntp ntp (>= 4.2.0 < 4.2.8) • ntp ntp (>= 4.3.0 < 4.3.77) • ntp ntp 4.2.8

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References