Vulnerability CVE-2018-12327


Published: 2018-06-20

Description:
Stack-based buffer overflow in ntpq and ntpdc of NTP version 4.2.8p11 allows an attacker to achieve code execution or escalate to higher privileges via a long string as the argument for an IPv4 or IPv6 command-line parameter. NOTE: It is unclear whether there are any common situations in which ntpq or ntpdc is used with a command line from an untrusted source.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
ntp 4.2.8p11 Local Buffer Overflow
Fakhri Zulkifli
22.06.2018

Type:

CWE-119

(Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
NTP -> NTP 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104517
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3853
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3854
https://gist.github.com/fakhrizulkifli/9b58ed8e0354e8deee50b0eebd1c011f
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-15
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44909/

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