CVE-2015-7973 Other in n/a

What is CVE-2015-7973?

CVE-2015-7973 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 30 Jan 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

NTP before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90, when configured in broadcast mode, allows man-in-the-middle attackers to conduct replay attacks by sniffing the network.

Weakness: CWE-254

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-7973?

It affects 7 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Freebsd Freebsd, Netapp Clustered Data Ontap, Netapp Oncommand Balance, Ntp Ntp, Siemens Tim 4r-Ie Dnp3 Firmware and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2015-7973?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-7973 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-7973 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7973, GHSA-rjg7-f2g5-4qhq, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7973.