CVE-2017-6464 — Improper Input Validation in NTP

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation11 documents9 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV5.9
EPSS
2.5%
top 14.74%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
NTPDebian NTPApple Macos High Sierra
Timeline
PublishedMar 27
Latest updateMay 14

Description

NTP before 4.2.8p10 and 4.3.x before 4.3.94 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ntpd crash) via a malformed mode configuration directive.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages5 packages

▶debiandebian/ntp< ntp 1:4.2.8p10+dfsg-1 (bullseye)
▶Debianntp/ntp< 1:4.2.8p10+dfsg-1
▶Ubuntuntp/ntp< 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.11+1
▶NVDntp/ntp95 versions+94

Patches

Patch: support.ntp.org ↗Patch: support.ntp.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-x7p4-m2g6-wmgc: NTP before 4↗2022-05-14
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OSV
ntp vulnerabilities↗2017-07-05
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OSV
CVE-2017-6464: NTP before 4↗2017-03-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Apple
CVE-2017-6464: macOS High Sierra 10.13↗2017-09-25
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Ubuntu
NTP vulnerabilities↗2017-07-05
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BSD
FreeBSD-SA-17:03.ntp: Multiple vulnerabilities of ntp↗2017-04-12
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Red Hat
ntp: Denial of Service via Malformed Config↗2017-03-21
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Debian
CVE-2017-6464: ntp - NTP before 4.2.8p10 and 4.3.x before 4.3.94 allows remote attackers to cause a d...↗2017
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-6464 CVE-2017-6462 CVE-2017-6463 CVE-2017-6458 CVE-2017-6451 ntp: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-03-23
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-6464 ntp: Denial of Service via Malformed Config↗2017-03-20
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