CVE-2017-6451

Name	CVE-2017-6451
Description	The mx4200_send function in the legacy MX4200 refclock in NTP before 4.2.8p10 and 4.3.x before 4.3.94 does not properly handle the return value of the snprintf function, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, which trigger an out-of-bounds memory write.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
ntp (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-7+deb8u3	fixed
	stretch	1:4.2.8p10+dfsg-3+deb9u2	fixed
	buster, buster (lts)	1:4.2.8p12+dfsg-4+deb10u1	fixed
	bullseye	1:4.2.8p15+dfsg-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
ntp	source	(unstable)	(not affected)

- ntp <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not enabled at build time)
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3378