CVE catalog
CVE-2015-7851
DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7851
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 3.94% · Oct 25, 2026
Directory traversal vulnerability in the save_config function in ntpd in ntp_control.c in NTP before 4.2.8p4, when used on systems that do not use '\' or '/' characters for directory separation such as OpenVMS, allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files.
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 |
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-2015-7851 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
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