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CVE-2017-6464

Public on 2017-03-27
Modified on 2018-05-10
Description

A vulnerability was discovered in the NTP server's parsing of configuration directives. A remote, authenticated attacker could cause ntpd to crash by sending a crafted message.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.3
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 ntp 2017-04-20 05:54 ALAS-2017-816
Amazon Linux 2 - Core ntp 2018-05-10 17:11 ALAS2-2018-1009

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H