CVE catalog
CVE-2015-7703
UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7703
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 3.82% · Oct 25, 2026
The "pidfile" or "driftfile" directives in NTP ntpd 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77, when ntpd is configured to allow remote configuration, allows remote attackers with an IP address that is allowed to send configuration requests, and with knowledge of the remote configuration password to write to arbitrary files via the :config command.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | ntp | 11 | 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | ntp | 14.04 | 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ntp | 14.04 | 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ntp | 14.04 | 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ntp | 14.04 | 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ntp | 14.04 | 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.5 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | ntp | deb | 11 | 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-1 | Not reported | DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7703 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | ntp | deb | 14.04 | 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.5 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7703 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2016_2583.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7703]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7703]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2015/cve-2015-7703.json]
[FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]