CVE-2018-7182 - log back

CVE-2018-7182 created at 25 Sep 2019 19:31:40
Severity
+ Medium
Remote
+ Remote
Type
+ Denial of service
Description
+ ctl_getitem() is used by ntpd to process incoming mode 6 packets. A malicious mode 6 packet can be sent to an ntpd instance, and if the ntpd instance is from 4.2.8p6 thru 4.2.8p10, that will cause ctl_getitem() to read past the end of its buffer.
References
+ http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3412
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