OracleVM 3.3 : ntp (OVMSA-2014-0085)

High Nessus Plugin ID 80248

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :

 - don't generate weak control key for resolver (CVE-2014-9293)

 - don't generate weak MD5 keys in ntp-keygen (CVE-2014-9294)

 - fix buffer overflows via specially-crafted packets (CVE-2014-9295)

 - don't mobilize passive association when authentication fails (CVE-2014-9296)

Solution

Update the affected ntp / ntpdate packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?12c3462c

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 80248

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2014-0085.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Published: 2014/12/26

Updated: 2019/09/27

Dependencies: 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: High

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:ntp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:ntpdate, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.3

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

Exploit Available: false

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2014/12/24

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2014/12/19

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9293, CVE-2014-9294, CVE-2014-9295, CVE-2014-9296

BID: 71757, 71758, 71761, 71762