CVE-2018-7185 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in NTP 4.2.6 before 4.2.8p11, affecting various products from vendors like Canonical, HPE, and Oracle. A remote attacker can disrupt NTP service by sending specially crafted packets with a zero-origin timestamp and a spoofed source IP. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.2.6, < 4.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1-beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1-beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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