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Gentoo: GLSA-200905-08 High: Remote Code Execution Risk in NTP
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May 26, 2009
Multiple errors in the NTP client and server programs might allow for the remote execution of arbitrary code.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200905-08
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: High
Title: NTP: Remote execution of arbitrary code
Date: May 26, 2009
Bugs: #263033, #268962
ID: 200905-08
Synopsis
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Multiple errors in the NTP client and server programs might allow for
the remote execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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NTP contains the client and daemon implementations for the Network Time
Protocol.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-misc/ntp < 4.2.4_p7 >= 4.2.4_p7
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the programs included in
the NTP package:
* Apple Product Security reported a boundary error in the
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