THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2015-5194
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2015-5194

Fedora vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
5.5%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
The log_config_command function in ntp_parser.y in ntpd in NTP before 4.2.7p42 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ntpd crash) via crafted logconfig commands.
Affected vendor
Fedoraproject
Affected product
Fedora
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2017-07-21

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

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