CVE-2017-6458

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-6458
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-27 17:59:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionMultiple 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ntp Ntp All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
About the security content of macOS High Sierra 10.13 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
Slackware Security Advisory - ntp Updates ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
NTP CVE-2017-6458 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-3349-1: NTP vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Document Display | HPE Support Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.hpe.com Third Party Advisory
Broadcom Inc. | Connecting Everything af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.broadcom.com
support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3379 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.ntp.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Broadcom Support Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bto.bluecoat.com
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-211752.pdf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cert-portal.siemens.com Third Party Advisory
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2017-10-31-8 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2017-09-25-1 macOS High Sierra 10.13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: ntp-4.2.6p5-44.fc24 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.ntp.org Vendor Advisory
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2017-09-25-1 macOS High Sierra 10.13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
About the security content of macOS High Sierra 10.13 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 26 Update: ntp-4.2.8p10-1.fc26 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
support.f5.com/csp/article/K99254031 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.f5.com
ntp Multiple Bugs Let Remote or Local Users Cause the Target Service to Crash - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: ntp-4.2.6p5-44.fc25 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Siemens SIMATIC NET CP 443-1 OPC UA | CISA af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 us-cert.cisa.gov
[SECURITY] Fedora 26 Update: ntp-4.2.8p10-1.fc26 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: ntp-4.2.6p5-44.fc25 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: ntp-4.2.6p5-44.fc24 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 44030 Juniper Network Operating System (Junos OS) Multiple NTP Vulnerabilities (JSA11171)
  • 590736 Siemens SIMATIC NET CP 443-1 OPC UA Multiple Vulnerabilities (ICSA-21-159-11)
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