CVE-2018-12327

Critical

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductNtp
PublishedJun 20, 2018
First seenJun 20, 2018

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
ntp ntp4.2.8—

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