Out-of-Bounds Affecting ntp package, versions <1:4.2.8p10+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.41% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-NTP-372841
  • published27 Mar 2017
  • disclosed27 Mar 2017

Introduced: 27 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-6460  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 ntp to version 1:4.2.8p10+dfsg-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ntp package and not the ntp package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the reslist function in ntpq in NTP before 4.2.8p10 and 4.3.x before 4.3.94 allows remote servers have unspecified impact via a long flagstr variable in a restriction list response.