UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7183

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7183

    Published: 8 Mar 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-7183

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-7183, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/961909, http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#February_2018_ntp_4_2_8p11_NTP_S, http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3414, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3707-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3707-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7183

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ntp

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ntp@1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.13?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.13

    Affected versions

    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2
    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.1
    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.2
    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.3
    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.5
    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.6
    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.7
    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.8
    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10
    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.11
    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.12

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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