vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-7183: Security patch for ntp (ALAS-2018-1009)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Mar 8, 2018 | May 11, 2018 | Mar 2, 2020 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 8, 2018
Added
May 11, 2018
Modified
Mar 2, 2020
Description
Buffer overflow in the decodearr function in ntpq in ntp 4.2.8p6 through 4.2.8p10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging an ntpq query and sending a response with a crafted array.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-ntp
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