MGASA-2018-0371

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    MGASA-2018-0371

    Published: 13 Sept 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-12327

    Summary: Updated ntp packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Updated ntp packages fix security vulnerability: Stack-based buffer overflow in ntpq and ntpdc of NTP version 4.2.8p11 allows an attacker to achieve code execution or escalate to higher privileges via a long string as the argument for an IPv4 or IPv6 command-line parameter (CVE-2018-12327).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0371.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23505, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/437XM4CMBCMPK7D2RSEUZIRLFZD5ZNRD/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ntp

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/ntp?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.2.8p12-1.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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