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Gentoo: GLSA-201402-28 Moderate: Chrony Remote DoS Advisory

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Several security issues found in Chrony on Gentoo could lead to remote Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. Users are advised to upgrade to a secure version.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Chrony, possibly allowing remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chrony. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Resolution

All Chrony users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/chrony-1.29"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-4502 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4502 [ 2 ] CVE-2012-4503 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4503

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201402-28
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

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Severity: Normal
Title: Chrony: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: February 28, 2014
Bugs: #480364
ID: 201402-28

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Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Chrony, possibly allowing remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

Chrony is a pair of programs which are used to maintain the accuracy of the system clock on a computer.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/chrony <= 1.29 >= 1.29

Impact

===== A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition by sending specially crafted packets.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.