CVE-2017-6458
Multiple 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.
02 Description
Multiple 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 6.51% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-03-27 17:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 15:33Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-03-03
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d2ec3b8f87213bb7eb58160ba42a2a6b93279ea7a00ba42d0a16884bce4a066d
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securitytracker.com1038123http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038123
- support.ntp.orghttp://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3379
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT208144
- www.securityfocus.com97051http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97051
- support.ntp.orghttp://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#March_2017_ntp_4_2_8p10_NTP_Secu
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT208144
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-3349-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3349-1
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2017-72323a442fhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZUPPICJXWL3AWQB7I3AWUC74YON7UING/
- www.broadcom.comhttps://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2017-294/
- bto.bluecoat.comhttps://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa147
- seclists.org20171101 APPLE-SA-2017-10-31-8 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2017-09-25-1 macOS High Sierra 10.13http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Nov/7
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2017-20d54b2782https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7KVLFA3J43QFIP4I7HE7KQ5FXSMJEKC6/
- support.f5.comhttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K99254031
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142284/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ntp-Updates.html
- seclists.org20170925 APPLE-SA-2017-09-25-1 macOS High Sierra 10.13http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Sep/62
- www.securityfocus.com20170422 [slackware-security] ntp (SSA:2017-112-02)http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/540464/100/0/threaded
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2017-5ebac1c112https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4B7BMVXV53EE7XYW2KAVETDHTP452O3Z/
- support.hpe.comhttps://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03962en_us
- cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-211752.pdf
- us-cert.cisa.govhttps://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-159-11
07 Fixed in
Debian 11
- ntp Fixed in 1:4.2.8p10+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- ntp Fixed in 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.11
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- ntp Fixed in 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.5
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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