CVE-2018-12327

CVE Details

Release Date:

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 more information about CVE-2018-12327 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	9.8	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	None	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	High	Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (ntp)	ELSA-2018-3854	2018-12-19
Oracle Linux version 7 (ntp)	ELSA-2019-2077	2019-08-13
Oracle VM version 3.3 (ntp)	OVMSA-2018-0290	2018-12-19
Oracle VM version 3.4 (ntp)	OVMSA-2018-0290	2018-12-19

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