{
  "threat_severity" : "Low",
  "public_date" : "2016-01-20T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "ntp: potential infinite loop in ntpq",
    "id" : "1300273",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300273"
  },
  "cvss" : {
    "cvss_base_score" : "4.3",
    "cvss_scoring_vector" : "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-835",
  "details" : [ "The getresponse function in ntpq in NTP versions before 4.2.8p9 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted packets with incorrect values.", "A flaw was found in the way the ntpq client processed certain incoming packets in a loop in the getresponse() function. A remote attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash an ntpq client instance." ],
  "statement" : "Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.",
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "release_date" : "2016-11-03T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2016:2583",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7",
    "package" : "ntp-0:4.2.6p5-25.el7"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5",
    "fix_state" : "Will not fix",
    "package_name" : "ntp",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Will not fix",
    "package_name" : "ntp",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8158\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8158\nhttp://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#January_2016_NTP_4_2_8p6_Securit\nhttp://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0080/" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2015-8158",
  "csaw" : false
}