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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2017-6462: Vulnerability in NTP

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2017-6462: Vulnerability in NTP

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/27/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/08/2017
Modified
02/01/2022

Description

Buffer overflow in the legacy Datum Programmable Time Server (DPTS) refclock driver in NTP before 4.2.8p10 and 4.3.x before 4.3.94 allows local users to have unspecified impact via a crafted /dev/datum device.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-service-network-ntp-4-2-8-10-0-175-3-20-0-2-0

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