CVE-2018-7184 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in ntpd versions 4.2.8p4 through 4.2.8p10, affecting products from vendors like Canonical, NetApp, NTP, Slackware, and Synology. This flaw, an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-7704, allows a remote attacker to disrupt NTP service by sending specially crafted packets with a zero-origin timestamp, causing association resets. Rated with a CVSS v3.0 score of 7.5 (High), it requires no user interaction or privileges, but its impact is limited to availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p10:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p5:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p6:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p7:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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