CVE Database›Document archive›CVE-2018-7170

CVE-2018-7170

ntp: Ephemeral association time spoofing additional protection

Loading…

Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.1

CVSS 3.0

Review impact separately from score.

Published · February 27, 2018

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A flaw was found in ntpd making it vulnerable to Sybil attacks. An authenticated attacker could target systems configured to use a trusted key in certain configurations and to create an arbitrary number of associations and subsequently modify a victim's clock.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CWE not specified