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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ntp (MDVSA-2015:046)

high Nessus Plugin ID 81335

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Synopsis

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

Description

Updated ntp packages fix security vulnerabilities :

Stephen Roettger of the Google Security Team, Sebastian Krahmer of the SUSE Security Team and Harlan Stenn of Network Time Foundation discovered that the length value in extension fields is not properly validated in several code paths in ntp_crypto.c, which could lead to information leakage or denial of service (CVE-2014-9297).

Stephen Roettger of the Google Security Team reported that ACLs based on IPv6 ::1 (localhost) addresses can be bypassed (CVE-2014-9298).

Solution

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

See Also

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0063.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 81335

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2015-046.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 2/13/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/12/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9297, CVE-2014-9298

MDVSA: 2015:046