CVE-2018-12327
N/A
Published: June 20, 2018 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:37 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNTP
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 28%
Description
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. NOTE: It is unclear whether there are any common situations in which ntpq or ntpdc is used with a command line from an untrusted source.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (9)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104517Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3853Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3854Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2077x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gist.github.com/fakhrizulkifli/9b58ed8e0354e8deee50b0eebd1c011fVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-15Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787
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