CVE-2015-7854 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote authenticated users can trigger a buffer overflow in NTP's password management, causing a crash or potentially executing arbitrary code.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-7854?
CVE-2015-7854 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Netapp Clustered Data Ontap, published on 7 Aug 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Buffer overflow in the password management functionality in NTP 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted key file.
Weakness: CWE-120
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-7854?
It affects 6 products.
Products include Netapp Clustered Data Ontap, Netapp Data Ontap, Netapp Oncommand Balance, Netapp Oncommand Performance Manager, Netapp Oncommand Unified Manager, Ntp Ntp.
How do I fix CVE-2015-7854?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2015-7854 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-7854 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Netapp Clustered Data Ontap
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7854, GHSA-8gh3-2xx2-w723.