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GLSA-201402-28 : Chrony: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 72755

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201402-28 (Chrony: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chrony. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition by sending specially crafted packets.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Chrony users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-misc/chrony-1.29'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201402-28

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 72755

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201402-28.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 3/2/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: 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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:chrony, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/28/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4502, CVE-2012-4503

BID: 61700, 61703

GLSA: 201402-28