CVE-2017-6458
high
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS v4 NEW
—
VIR risk
8.8
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in the ctl_put* functions in NTP before 4.2.8p10 and 4.3.x before 4.3.94 allow remote authenticated users to have unspecified impact via a long variable.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:4.2.8p10+dfsg-1 |
| macos | affected | 10.13 |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142284/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ntp-Updates.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Nov/7
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Sep/62
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3379
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#March_2017_ntp_4_2_8p10_NTP_Secu
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/540464/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97051
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038123
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3349-1
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa147
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-211752.pdf
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4B7BMVXV53EE7XYW2KAVETDHTP452O3Z/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7KVLFA3J43QFIP4I7HE7KQ5FXSMJEKC6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZUPPICJXWL3AWQB7I3AWUC74YON7UING/
- https://support.apple.com/HT208144
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT208144
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K99254031
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03962en_us
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-159-11
- https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2017-294/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6458
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.