CVE-2018-7183

Public on 2018-03-08

Modified on 2018-05-10

Description

Buffer overflow in the decodearr function in ntpq in ntp 4.2.8p6 through 4.2.8p10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging an ntpq query and sending a response with a crafted array.

Severity

Medium

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CVSS v3 Base Score

5.0

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 1	ntp	2018-05-10 17:01	ALAS-2018-1009

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv3	5.0	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD	CVSSv3	9.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	CVSSv2	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Red Hat: CVE-2018-7183 Mitre: CVE-2018-7183 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity