CVE-2015-1822 (GCVE-0-2015-1822)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-04-16 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 04:54
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3222 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://listengine.tuxfamily.org/chrony.tuxfamily.… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-01 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73956 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2015-04-07 00:00
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