Fedora 23 : ntp-4.2.6p5-34.fc23 (2015-f5f5ec7b6b)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 89461

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Security fix for CVE-2015-7704, CVE-2015-5300, CVE-2015-7692, CVE-2015-7871, CVE-2015-7702, CVE-2015-7691, CVE-2015-7852, CVE-2015-7701

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Solution

Update the affected ntp package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271070

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271076

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274254

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274255

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274261

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274265

http://www.nessus.org/u?0e14a9ad

https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2015-04

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 89461

File Name: fedora_2015-f5f5ec7b6b.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/4/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ntp, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:23

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/2/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5300, CVE-2015-7691, CVE-2015-7692, CVE-2015-7701, CVE-2015-7702, CVE-2015-7704, CVE-2015-7852, CVE-2015-7871