ubuntu-cve-2018-7185
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-03-06 00:00
Modified
2025-09-08 16:44
Summary
Details

The protocol engine in ntp 4.2.6 before 4.2.8p11 allows a remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disruption) by continually sending a packet with a zero-origin timestamp and source IP address of the "other side" of an interleaved association causing the victim ntpd to reset its association.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "The protocol engine in ntp 4.2.6 before 4.2.8p11 allows a remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disruption) by continually sending a packet with a zero-origin timestamp and source IP address of the \"other side\" of an interleaved association causing the victim ntpd to reset its association.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7185",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:44:47Z",
  "published": "2018-03-06T00:00:00Z",
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-7185"
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      "url": "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/961909"
    },
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      "url": "http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#February_2018_ntp_4_2_8p11_NTP_S"
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3707-1"
    },
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    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2018-7185"
  ]
}



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