CVE-2015-1798 (GCVE-0-2015-1798)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-04-08 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 04:54
VLAI
Summary
The symmetric-key feature in the receive function in ntp_proto.c in ntpd in NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p2 requires a correct MAC only if the MAC field has a nonzero length, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof packets by omitting the MAC.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
22 references
Date Public
2015-04-07 00:00
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