Out-of-bounds Read Affecting freebsd package, versions [0,4.2.8p7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.32% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREEBSD-2383033
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed30 Jan 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 30 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-2518  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade freebsd to version 4.2.8p7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. The MATCH_ASSOC function in NTP before version 4.2.8p9 and 4.3.x before 4.3.92 allows remote attackers to cause an out-of-bounds reference via an addpeer request with a large hmode value.

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