Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ntp (MDVSA-2015:003)

high Nessus Plugin ID 80384

Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated ntp packages fix security vulnerabilities :

If no authentication key is defined in the ntp.conf file, a cryptographically-weak default key is generated (CVE-2014-9293).

ntp-keygen before 4.2.7p230 uses a non-cryptographic random number generator with a weak seed to generate symmetric keys (CVE-2014-9294).

A remote unauthenticated attacker may craft special packets that trigger buffer overflows in the ntpd functions crypto_recv() (when using autokey authentication), ctl_putdata(), and configure(). The resulting buffer overflows may be exploited to allow arbitrary malicious code to be executed with the privilege of the ntpd process (CVE-2014-9295).

A section of code in ntpd handling a rare error is missing a return statement, therefore processing did not stop when the error was encountered. This situation may be exploitable by an attacker (CVE-2014-9296).

The ntp package has been patched to fix these issues.

Solution

Update the affected ntp, ntp-client and / or ntp-doc packages.

See Also

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0541.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 80384

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2015-003.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Published: 1/6/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ntp, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ntp-client, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ntp-doc, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/5/2015

Reference Information

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

BID: 71757, 71758, 71761, 71762

MDVSA: 2015:003