The ntpq and ntpdc command-line utilities that are part of ntp package are vulnerable to stack-based buffer overflow via crafted hostname. Applications using these vulnerable utilities with an untrusted input may be potentially exploited, resulting in a crash or arbitrary code execution under privileges of that application.
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory |
---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux 1 | ntp | 2018-09-19 17:19 | ALAS-2018-1083 |
Amazon Linux 2 - Core | ntp | 2019-11-19 17:52 | ALAS2-2019-1367 |
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 7.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
NVD | CVSSv2 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
NVD | CVSSv3 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |