K42332834 : NTP vulnerability CVE-2018-12327

Security Advisory Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in ntpq and ntpdc of NTP version 4.2.8p11 allows an attacker to achieve code execution or escalate to higher privileges via a long string as the argument for an IPv4 or IPv6 command-line parameter. NOTE: It is unclear whether there are any common situations in which ntpq or ntpdc is used with a command line from an untrusted source. (CVE-2018-12327)

Impact

Traffix SDC

An attacker may exploit this vulnerability by executing an arbitrary code on the affected application and may cause a denial of service (DoS) on the affected system.

BIG-IP, Enterprise Manager, BIG-IQ, and F5 iWorkflow

There is no impact on these F5 products; they are not affected by this vulnerability.