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Fedora 42 : ntpd-rs (2025-c480cf7e5e)

high Nessus Plugin ID 238463

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-c480cf7e5e advisory.

 Update to version 1.5.0 (for now, without PPS feature enabled due to potential correctness issues in the code).

 Release notes: https://github.com/pendulum-project/ntpd-rs/releases/tag/v1.5.0

 Also contains the fix for GHSA-v83q-83hj-rw38.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 ntpd-rs package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-c480cf7e5e

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 238463

File Name: fedora_2025-c480cf7e5e.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/14/2025

Updated: 6/14/2025

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ntpd-rs, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:42

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/24/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/24/2025

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