CVE-2017-6462
Public on 2017-03-27
Modified on 2018-05-10
Description
A vulnerability was found in NTP, in the parsing of packets from the /dev/datum device. A malicious device could send crafted messages, causing ntpd to crash.
Severity
Low
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | ntp | 2017-04-20 | ALAS-2017-816 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | ntp | 2018-05-10 | ALAS2-2018-1009 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 6.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |