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Gentoo: GLSA-202007-12 Normal: NTP Denial Of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey July 26, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several security flaws identified in Gentoo's NTP may result in Denial of Service; users urged to update to ensure safety.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in NTP, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

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 gentoo software update multiple issues ntp severity normal

Resolution

All NTP users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/ntp-4.2.8_p15"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-11868 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11868 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-13817 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13817 [ 3 ] CVE-2020-15025 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15025

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-12
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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: July 26, 2020
Bugs: #717798, #729458
ID: 202007-12

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo software update multiple issues ntp severity normal

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in NTP, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

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_p15 >= 4.2.8_p15

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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