Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201764510000000
Revision Date:2017-03-27Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-6451 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-6451
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • NOT ntp package in xenial, while related to the CVE in some way, is not affected (note: 'code not compiled').
  • OR NOT ntpdate package in xenial, while related to the CVE in some way, is not affected (note: 'code not compiled').
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