CVE-2018-7182

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.0

Description

The ctl_getitem method in ntpd in ntp-4.2.8p6 before 4.2.8p11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted mode 6 packet with a ntpd instance from 4.2.8p6 through 4.2.8p10.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-45846 local linux

Magnus Klaaborg Stubman · 2018-11-14

ntpd 4.2.8p10 - Out-of-Bounds Read (PoC)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Arch Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Fixed	`4.2.8.p11-1`

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.0.0+dfsg1-5`
sid	Fixed	`1.0.0+dfsg1-5`
forky	Fixed	`1.0.0+dfsg1-5`
bullseye	Fixed	`1:4.2.8p11+dfsg-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`1.0.0+dfsg1-5`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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