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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-7184

ntpd in ntp 4.2.8p4 before 4.2.8p11 drops bad packets before updating the "received" timestamp, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disruption) by sending a packet with a zero-origin timestamp causing the association to reset and…

HIGH 7.5EPSS 8.53%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.53%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

ntpd in ntp 4.2.8p4 before 4.2.8p11 drops bad packets before updating the "received" timestamp, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disruption) by sending a packet with a zero-origin timestamp causing the association to reset and setting the contents of the packet as the most recent timestamp. This issue is a result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-7704.

CVSS 3.0
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
8.53% probability · 95th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
ntp/ntp · synology/router manager · synology/skynas · synology/virtual diskstation manager · synology/diskstation manager · synology/vs960hd firmware · slackware/slackware linux · canonical/ubuntu linux · netapp/cloud backup · netapp/steelstore cloud integrated storage
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.