Fedora 23 : ntp-4.2.6p5-40.fc23 (2016-5b2eb0bf9c)

high Nessus Plugin ID 91062

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Security fix for CVE-2016-1548, CVE-2016-2516, CVE-2016-2518, CVE-2016-1550

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected ntp package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1331462

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1331464

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1331466

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1331468

http://www.nessus.org/u?c49ce922

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 91062

File Name: fedora_2016-5b2eb0bf9c.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/12/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

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: 5/10/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1548, CVE-2016-1550, CVE-2016-2516, CVE-2016-2518