Out-of-Bounds Affecting ntp package, versions [,4.2.8p10)[4.3.0,4.3.94)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-NTP-2382779
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed27 Mar 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-6452  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ntp to version 4.2.8p10, 4.3.94 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. Stack-based buffer overflow in the Windows installer for NTP before 4.2.8p10 and 4.3.x before 4.3.94 allows local users to have unspecified impact via an application path on the command line.

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