Security Advisory

CVE-2015-7851

6.5
MEDIUM

Vulnerability Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the save_config function in ntpd in ntp_control.c in NTP before 4.2.8p4, when used on systems that do not use '\' or '/' characters for directory separation such as OpenVMS, allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files.
Published Date January 28, 2020
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory