CVE-2017-6460
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.0%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-6460
To remediate CVE-2017-6460, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/ntp—upgrade to 1:4.2.8p10+dfsg-1 or later
Is CVE-2017-6460 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1:4.2.8p10+dfsg-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |