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Unscored USN-2567-1 2 CVEs

ntp vulnerabilities

Published Apr 13, 2015 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

Miroslav Lichvar discovered that NTP incorrectly validated MAC fields. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authentication and
spoof packets. (CVE-2015-1798)

Miroslav Lichvar discovered that NTP incorrectly handled certain invalid
packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service. (CVE-2015-1799)

Juergen Perlinger discovered that NTP incorrectly generated MD5 keys on
big-endian platforms. This issue could either cause ntp-keygen to hang, or
could result in non-random keys. (CVE number pending)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS ntp 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.3

Vulnerabilities 2

  • Unscored —

    The symmetric-key feature in the receive function in ntp_proto.c in ntpd in NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p2 requires a correct M…

  • Unscored —

    The symmetric-key feature in the receive function in ntp_proto.c in ntpd in NTP 3.x and 4.x before 4.2.8p2 performs sta…

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1798
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1799