FKIE_CVE-2015-1821

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-04-16 14:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:23
Severity
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in chrony before 1.31.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (chronyd crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by configuring the (1) NTP or (2) cmdmon access with a subnet size that is indivisible by four and an address with a nonzero bit in the subnet remainder.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://listengine.tuxfamily.org/chrony.tuxfamily.org/chrony-announce/2015/04/msg00002.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3222
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73955
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-01
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://listengine.tuxfamily.org/chrony.tuxfamily.org/chrony-announce/2015/04/msg00002.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3222
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73955
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-01
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
tuxfamily chrony *
debian debian_linux 7.0
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