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Gentoo: GLSA-201805-12 Normal: NTP Remote Execution Risk Advisory

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Calendar Grey May 26, 2018
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in NTP, the worst of which could lead to remote code execution.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update gentoo remote execution ntp normal severity

Resolution

All NTP users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/ntp-4.2.8_p11"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2018-7170 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7170 [ 2 ] CVE-2018-7182 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7182 [ 3 ] CVE-2018-7183 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7183 [ 4 ] CVE-2018-7184 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7184 [ 5 ] CVE-2018-7185 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7185

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-12
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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.

Severity: Normal
Title: NTP: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: May 26, 2018
Bugs: #649612
ID: 201805-12

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update gentoo remote execution ntp normal severity

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in NTP, the worst of which could lead to remote code execution.

Background

NTP contains software for the Network Time Protocol.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/ntp < 4.2.8_p11 >= 4.2.8_p11

Impact

===== A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.