The panic_gate check in NTP before 4.2.8p5 is only re-enabled after the first change to the system clock that was greater than 128 milliseconds by default, which allows remote attackers to set NTP to an arbitrary time when started with the -g option, or to alter the time by up to 900 seconds otherwise by responding to an unspecified number of requests from trusted sources, and leveraging a resulting denial of service (abort and restart).
CVE-2015-5300
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-14. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 94.7%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 21, 2017
Last Modified
May 13, 2026
References (78)
- secalert@redhathttp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ntp_advisory5.asc
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170684.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170926.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177507.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00059.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00060.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00020.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00038.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00048.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00026.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00042.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00114.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1930.html
- secalert@redhathttp://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Feb/164
- secalert@redhathttp://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2956
Patch Availability(2)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | ntp (1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu8.1) @ wily | 2026-05-22 | ubuntu |
| redhat | ntp-0:4.2.6p5-19.ael7b_1.3 | 2015-10-26 | redhat |
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