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Amazon Linux AMI : ntp (ALAS-2019-1206)

high Nessus Plugin ID 125292

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

NTP has a NULL pointer dereference attack in an authenticated mode 6 packet. (CVE-2019-8936)

Solution

Run 'yum update ntp' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2019-1206.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 125292

File Name: ala_ALAS-2019-1206.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/21/2019

Updated: 1/15/2020

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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 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: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ntp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ntp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ntp-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ntp-perl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ntpdate, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/20/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/15/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-8936

ALAS: 2019-1206