Fedora 25 : ntp (2017-5ebac1c112)

high Nessus Plugin ID 99053

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Security fix for CVE-2017-6464 CVE-2017-6462 CVE-2017-6463 CVE-2017-6458 CVE-2017-6451.

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Solution

Update the affected ntp package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-5ebac1c112

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 99053

File Name: fedora_2017-5ebac1c112.nasl

Version: 3.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/30/2017

Updated: 1/6/2021

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ntp, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:25

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/28/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-6451, CVE-2017-6458, CVE-2017-6462, CVE-2017-6463, CVE-2017-6464