openSUSE Security Update : ntp (ntp-1728)

Medium Nessus Plugin ID 43870

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

By sending specially crafted NTP packets attackers could make ntpd flood it's log file with error messages or even run into an endless loop (CVE-2009-3563).

Solution

Update the affected ntp package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=550316

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 43870

File Name: suse_11_1_ntp-091221.nasl

Version: Revision: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2010/01/13

Updated: 2015/01/13

Dependencies: 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Medium

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 6.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ntp, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 2009/12/21

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3563