CVE-2018-12327

Summary

CVECVE-2018-12327
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-06-20 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in ntpq and ntpdc of NTP version 4.2.8p11 allows an attacker to achieve code execution or escalate to higher privileges via a long string as the argument for an IPv4 or IPv6 command-line parameter. NOTE: It is unclear whether there are any common situations in which ntpq or ntpdc is used with a command line from an untrusted source.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.8 p11 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.8 p11 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
CVE-2018-12327 · GitHub MISC gist.github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Document Display | HPE Support Center CONFIRM support.hpe.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
ntp 4.2.8p11 - Local Buffer Overflow (PoC) EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
NTP CVE-2018-12327 Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-4229-1: NTP vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
NTP: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201903-15) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377526 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for ntp (ALINUX2-SA-2019:0117)
  • 378282 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for ntpdate (VZLSA-2018:3854)
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