CVE-2023-26554

Published Apr 11, 2023

Last updated 12 days ago

CVSS medium 5.6

Overview

Description: mstolfp in libntp/mstolfp.c in NTP 4.2.8p15 has an out-of-bounds write when adding a '\0' character. An adversary may be able to attack a client ntpq process, but cannot attack ntpd.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 5.6
Impact score: 3.4
Exploitability score: 2.2
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Severity: MEDIUM

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-787
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-787

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p15:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "D300A755-9809-4469-8C08-20CB451C83A2"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References