Fedora 32 : ntp (2020-a0b39d58db)

high Nessus Plugin ID 138070

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes a security issue causing a memory leak when an AES-CMAC key is enabled for authentication.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected ntp package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-a0b39d58db

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 138070

File Name: fedora_2020-a0b39d58db.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/2/2020

Updated: 7/2/2020

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ntp, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:32

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/2/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/2/2020

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