CVE-2015-7705

The rate limiting feature in NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p4 and 4.3.x before 4.3.77 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a large number of crafted requests.

Published: 2017-08-07 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-7705 is rated High Risk (67.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 17.37%, 95th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-7705

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-21 31.03% 17.37% -13.66%
2 2026-01-30 26.02% 31.03% +5.01%
3 2025-12-28 — 26.02% —

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-7705

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 [email protected]
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-7705

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-7705

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-7705 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ntp), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7705
gentoo normal CVE-2015-7705: 1 GLSA(s) (201607-15), 1 atom(s) (net-misc/ntp); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2015-7705
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7705
suse critical CVE-2015-7705 severity critical: SUSE including 30 source package names (ntp, ntp-4.2.8p10-63.3, …), 120 product×package rows across 71 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-BYOS, … (71 product lines)): Fixed 89, Known Not Affected 31. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7705/
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-7705 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ntp), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily): released 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7705

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-7705

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ntp ntp >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ntp ntp >= 4.3.0, < 4.3.77 cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ntp ntp 4.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
ntp ntp 4.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
ntp ntp 4.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1-beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
ntp ntp 4.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1-beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
ntp ntp 4.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1-beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
ntp ntp 4.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1-beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
ntp ntp 4.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1-beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
ntp ntp 4.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1-rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
ntp ntp 4.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1-rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
ntp ntp 4.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p2:*:*:*:*:*:*
ntp ntp 4.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p2-rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
ntp ntp 4.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p2-rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
ntp ntp 4.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p2-rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
ntp ntp 4.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p3:*:*:*:*:*:*
ntp ntp 4.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p3-rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
ntp ntp 4.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p3-rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
ntp ntp 4.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p3-rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp oncommand_performance_manager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_performance_manager:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp oncommand_unified_manager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:clustered_data_ontap:*:*
netapp clustered_data_ontap — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:clustered_data_ontap:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp data_ontap — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:data_ontap:-:*:*:*:*:7-mode:*:*
citrix xenserver 6.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
citrix xenserver 6.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.2.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
citrix xenserver 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
citrix xenserver 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens tim_4r-ie_firmware — cpe:2.3:o:siemens:tim_4r-ie_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens tim_4r-ie_dnp3_firmware — cpe:2.3:o:siemens:tim_4r-ie_dnp3_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-7705

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00020.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00034.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00037.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00048.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00052.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00020.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00026.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00042.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00093.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00114.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134137/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ntp-Updates.html
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2901 Vendor Advisory
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#October_2015_NTP_4_2_8p4_Securit Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20151021-ntp
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536737/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536796/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/536737/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/536796/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77284 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033951 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2783-1
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa103
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274184 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-211752.pdf
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-497656.pdf Third Party Advisory
https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/1020.pdf Technical Description
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05270839 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171004-0001/ Third Party Advisory
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX220112 Third Party Advisory
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-103-11 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-159-11
https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1212-security-advisory-0016
https://www.cs.bu.edu/~goldbe/NTPattack.html Not Applicable
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/718152 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
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