CVE-2018-8956
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
2.5
Description
ntpd in ntp 4.2.8p10, 4.2.8p11, 4.2.8p12 and 4.2.8p13 allow remote attackers to prevent a broadcast client from synchronizing its clock with a broadcast NTP server via soofed mode 3 and mode 5 packets. The attacker must either be a part of the same broadcast network or control a slave in that broadcast network that can capture certain required packets on the attacker's behalf and send them to the attacker.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-8956
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8956.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 4.2.8.p14-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:4.2.8p14+dfsg-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.