CVE-2018-12327 Information

Description

Stack-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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104517 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3853 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3854 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2077 https://gist.github.com/fakhrizulkifli/9b58ed8e0354e8deee50b0eebd1c011f https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-15 https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03962en_us https://usn.ubuntu.com/4229-1/ https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44909/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8