F5 Networks BIG-IP : NTP vulnerability (K32262483)
Medium Nessus Plugin ID 105403
Synopsis
The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.
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. (CVE-2017-6451)
Solution
Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K32262483.