Oracle Linux 6 : ntp (ELSA-2018-3854)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 119796

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2018-3854 advisory.

- add disable monitor to default ntp.conf [CVE-2013-5211]
- fix buffer overflow in parsing of address in ntpq and ntpdc (CVE-2018-12327)
- fix CVE-2016-7429 patch to work correctly on multicast client (#1422973)
- fix buffer overflow in datum refclock driver (CVE-2017-6462)
- fix crash with invalid unpeer command (CVE-2017-6463)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2018-3854.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 119796

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2018-3854.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/20/2018

Updated: 10/23/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-12327

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ntp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ntpdate, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ntp-perl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ntp-doc, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/19/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/20/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12327

RHSA: 2018:3854