Denial of service - CVE-2015-7871

 

Denial of service - CVE-2015-7871

Published: September 22, 2016 / Updated: September 14, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU626
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7871
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause denial of service on the target system.
The weakness exists due to security bypass in NTP and allows attackers to perform DoS attack.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in denial of service on the vulnerable system.


How to mitigate CVE-2015-7871

To resolve the vulnerability HPE has released the software available at the site:
http://h20564.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c05270839


Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

External References