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Fedora 23: 2016-6a0b0ab775 Moderate: Chrony Impersonation Fix

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Calendar Grey January 24, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
The recent update for Chrony on Fedora 23 resolves CVE-2016-1567, mitigating the risk of impersonation among authenticated peers.
Security fix for CVE-2016-1567

Summary

A client/server for the Network Time Protocol, this program keeps your

computer's clock accurate. It was specially designed to support

systems with intermittent internet connections, but it also works well

in permanently connected environments. It can use also hardware reference

clocks, system real-time clock or manual input as time references.

Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2016-1567

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate fedora impersonation network time protocol chrony

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1297472 - CVE-2016-1567 chrony: missing key check allows impersonation between authenticated peers (VU#357792) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1297472

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update chrony' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: chrony
Product: Fedora 23
Version: 2.1.1
Release: 2.fc23
URL: Summary : An NTP client/server

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate fedora impersonation network time protocol chrony

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