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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-7183: Security patch for ntp (ALAS-2018-1009)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-7183: Security patch for ntp (ALAS-2018-1009)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/08/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/11/2018
Modified
03/02/2020

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(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ntp

References

  • ALAS-2018-1009
  • USN-3707-1
  • USN-3707-2
  • CVE-2018-7183

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