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Debian DLA-149-1 : ntp security update
high Nessus Plugin ID 82132
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security update.Description
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the ntp package, an implementation of the Network Time Protocol. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :CVE-2014-9297
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 (ntpd crash).
CVE-2014-9298
Stephen Roettger of the Google Security Team reported that ACLs based on IPv6 ::1 addresses can be bypassed.
NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Upgrade the affected ntp, ntp-doc, and ntpdate packages.See Also
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2015/02/msg00004.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 82132
File Name: debian_DLA-149.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 3/26/2015
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ntp-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ntp, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ntpdate
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/7/2015
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-9297, CVE-2014-9298
TRA: TRA-2015-04