CVE-2018-7170 Business logic in n/a
Authenticated attackers with symmetric keys can manipulate NTP clock selection via Sybil attacks, altering victim system time.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-7170?
CVE-2018-7170 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netapp Solidfire, published on 6 Mar 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ntpd in ntp 4.2.x before 4.2.8p7 and 4.3.x before 4.3.92 allows authenticated users that know the private symmetric key to create arbitrarily-many ephemeral associations in order to win the clock selection of ntpd and modify a victim's clock via a Sybil attack. This issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-1549.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-7170?
It affects 9 products.
Products include Hpe Hpux-Ntp, Netapp Hci, Netapp Solidfire, Ntp Ntp, Synology Diskstation Manager, Synology Router Manager and 3 more.
How do I fix CVE-2018-7170?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2018-7170 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-7170 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Netapp Solidfire
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7170, GHSA-v9cv-3r4j-cx4j, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7170.