CVE-2017-6460
high
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS v4 NEW
—
VIR risk
8.8
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the reslist function in ntpq in NTP before 4.2.8p10 and 4.3.x before 4.3.94 allows remote servers have unspecified impact via a long flagstr variable in a restriction list response.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:4.2.8p10+dfsg-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ntp | ntp | 4.2.8 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.0 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.1 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.2 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.3 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.4 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.5 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.6 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.7 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.8 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.9 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.10 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.11 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.12 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.13 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.14 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.15 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.16 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.17 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.18 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.19 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.20 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.21 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.22 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.23 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.24 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.25 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.26 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.27 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.28 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.29 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.30 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.31 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.32 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.33 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.34 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.35 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.36 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.37 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.38 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.39 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.40 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.41 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.42 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.43 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.44 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.45 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.46 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.47 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.48 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.49 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.50 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.51 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.52 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.53 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.54 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.55 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.56 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.57 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.58 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.59 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.60 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.61 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.62 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.63 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.64 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.65 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.66 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.67 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.68 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.69 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.70 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.71 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.72 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.73 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.74 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.75 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.76 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.77 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.78 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.79 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.80 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.81 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.82 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.83 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.84 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.85 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.86 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.87 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.88 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.89 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.90 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.91 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.92 | |
| ntp | ntp | 4.3.93 | |
References
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3377
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#March_2017_ntp_4_2_8p10_NTP_Secu
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97052
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038123
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2017-6460
- https://support.apple.com/HT208144
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03962en_us
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6460
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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