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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-7185

high Nessus Plugin ID 222631

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - The protocol engine in ntp 4.2.6 before 4.2.8p11 allows a remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disruption) by continually sending a packet with a zero-origin timestamp and source IP address of the other side of an interleaved association causing the victim ntpd to reset its association.
 (CVE-2018-7185)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-7185

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 222631

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2018_7185.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-7185

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ntp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ntp-perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sntp, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ntp-perl, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ntp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ntpdate, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ntpdate, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sntp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ntp-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ntp-doc, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/27/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-7185