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NTP Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Buffer overflow
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
14 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
This host has NTP installed and is prone to stack buffer overflow vulnerabilities.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to a boundary error within the cookedprint() function in ntpq/ntpq.c while processing malicious response from a specially crafted remote time server.
Affected Software
Affected Software
NTP versions prior to 4.2.4p7-RC2 on Linux.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to NTP version 4.2.4p7-RC2.