{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7851","details":"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.","modified":"2026-08-27T23:02:14.739982919Z","published":"2020-01-28T17:15:12.053Z","upstream":["CVE-2015-7851"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7851"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ntp","ecosystem":"Debian:11","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/ntp?arch=source&distro=bullseye"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7851.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"}]}