CVE detail
CVE-2015-7871
Crypto-NAK packets in ntpd in NTP 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication.
Buzz score
Why this CVE is surfacing
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Buzz score components · mention 11.0 · diversity 5.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Why it matters now
Mention timeline
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Evidence
Source links by recency
2 source links · newest first
Siemens’ RUGGEDCOM industrial communications devices are plagued by several recently patched network time protocol (NTP) vulnerabilities.
newswww.securityweek.comDec 23, 2015, 11:28 AM- New NTP Vulnerabilities Put Networks at RiskSecurityWeek
The Network Time Foundation’s NTP Project has released an update for the Network Time Protocol (NTP) to address a series of low and medium severity vulnerabilities reported by experts from Cisco, Red Hat, IDA, Boston University, and Tenable Networks.
newswww.securityweek.comOct 22, 2015, 12:31 PM
Exploit code
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