CVE-2015-7979
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2017-01-30
- WeaknessCWE-19
Am I affected?
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Description
NTP before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client-server association tear down) by sending broadcast packets with invalid authentication to a broadcast client.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2017-01-3021:59CVE publishedNVD
- 2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS
Observed activity
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- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2015-7979?format=csv
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Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.2 | ≤ 4.2.8 | no fix published | NVD |
| 4.3 | = 4.3.0 | no fix published | NVD |
| 4.3 | = 4.3.1 | no fix published | NVD |
| 4.3 | = 4.3.2 | no fix published | NVD |
| 4.3 | = 4.3.3 | no fix published | NVD |
| 4.3 | = 4.3.4 | no fix published | NVD |
| 4.3 | = 4.3.5 | no fix published | NVD |
| 4.3 | = 4.3.6 | no fix published | NVD |
| 4.3 | = 4.3.7 | no fix published | NVD |
| 4.3 | = 4.3.8 | no fix published | NVD |
| 4.3 | = 4.3.10 | no fix published | NVD |
| 4.3 | = 4.3.11 | no fix published | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Distribution builds and vendor advisories
Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.
version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.
Vendor advisories
Siemens TIM 4R-IE Devices
SIPLUS NET TIM 4R-IE (6AG1800-4BA00-7AA0) · SIPLUS NET TIM 4R-IE DNP3 (6AG1803-4BA00-7AA0) · TIM 4R-IE (6NH7800-4BA00) · +1 more
Fix
- Workaround from the vendor CISA ICSA-21-103-11 · 4 productsDeactivate NTP-based time syncronization of the device, if enabled. The feature is disabled by default.
- Workaround from the vendor CISA ICSA-21-103-11 · 4 productsConfigure an additional firewall to prevent communication to the port udp/123 of an affected device.
- No fix planned, says the vendor CISA ICSA-21-103-11 · 4 productsCurrently no fix is planned
Advisories and patches
- support.ntp.orgVendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
- NVDCVSS 3.07.5read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.05read 2026-10-23
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-19read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score11.9 %read 2026-10-23
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Published
- 2017-01-30
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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