Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 20, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-12327
CVE-2018-12327
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in ntpq and ntpdc of NTP version 4.2.8p11 allows an attacker to achieve code execution or escalate to higher privileges via a long string as the argument for an IPv4 or IPv6 command-line parameter. NOTE: It is unclear whether there are any common situations in which ntpq or ntpdc is used with a command line from an untrusted source.
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Affected products
19- osv-coords18 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/ntp&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/ntp&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/ntp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ntp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Legacy%2015pkg:rpm/suse/ntp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ntp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ntp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATApkg:rpm/suse/ntp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ntp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ntp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/ntp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ntp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ntp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ntp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ntp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ntp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ntp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ntp&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207
< 4.2.8p15-7.2+ 17 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.8p15-7.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.8p12-64.8.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.8p12-64.8.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.8p12-4.3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.8p12-48.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.8p12-48.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.8p12-48.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.8p12-64.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.8p12-64.8.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.8p12-64.8.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.8p12-64.8.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.8p12-64.8.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.8p12-46.29.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.8p12-64.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.8p12-64.8.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.8p12-64.8.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.8p12-64.8.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.8p12-64.8.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- gist.github.com/fakhrizulkifli/9b58ed8e0354e8deee50b0eebd1c011fnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44909/nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/104517nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3853nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3854nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2077nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-15nvd
- support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/displaynvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/4229-1/nvd
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