UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6460

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6460

    Published: 27 Mar 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-6460
    Aliases:
    USN-3349-1

    Summary:

    Details: Stack-based buffer overflow in the reslist function in ntpq in NTP before 4.2.8p10 and 4.3.x before 4.3.94 allows remote servers have unspecified impact via a long flagstr variable in a restriction list response.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6460, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3349-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6460

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ntp

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ntp@1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.5?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.5

    Affected versions

    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu8
    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu8.1
    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu9
    1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu1
    1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu2
    1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu3
    1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu4
    1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5
    1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.1
    1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.2
    1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.3
    1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.4

    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