Out-of-Bounds Affecting ntp package, versions [,4.2.8)[4.3.0,4.3.94)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.8% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-NTP-2382715
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed27 Mar 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-6458  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ntp to version 4.2.8, 4.3.94 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. Multiple buffer overflows in the ctl_put* functions in NTP before 4.2.8p10 and 4.3.x before 4.3.94 allow remote authenticated users to have unspecified impact via a long variable.

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