CVE-2017-6460

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2017-03-21
IAVA:
2017-A-0084
CWE:
CWE-121
Bugzilla:
1434014: CVE-2017-6460 ntp: Buffer Overflow in ntpq when fetching reslist from a malicious ntpd
A vulnerability was found in NTP, in the ntpq program. A malicious server could send a specially crafted response which would cause a stack buffer overflow, leading to a crash or potential code execution.

Find out more about CVE-2017-6460 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 7.1
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ntp Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ntp Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ntp Not affected

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the NTP project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Cure53 as the original reporter.

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