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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : NTP vulnerability (USN-4563-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 148842

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 20.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4563-2 advisory.

 - NTP through 4.2.8p12 has a NULL Pointer Dereference. (CVE-2019-8936)

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 ntp, ntpdate and / or sntp packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4563-2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 148842

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4563-2.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/20/2021

Updated: 10/23/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-8936

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ntp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ntpdate, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:sntp

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/20/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/1/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-8936

USN: 4563-2