MGASA-2020-0281 - Updated ntp packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 05 Jul 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0281.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2020-15025

Updated ntp packages fix security vulnerability:

ntpd in ntp 4.2.8 before 4.2.8p15 and 4.3.x before 4.3.101 allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending
packets, because memory is not freed in situations where a CMAC key is
used and associated with a CMAC algorithm in the ntp.keys file
(CVE-2020-15025)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26851
- https://www.ntp.org/support/securitynotice/
- https://www.ntp.org/support/securitynotice/ntpbug3661/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-15025

SRPMS:
- 7/core/ntp-4.2.8p15-1.mga7

Mageia 2020-0281: ntp security update

Updated ntp packages fix security vulnerability: ntpd in ntp 4.2.8 before 4.2.8p15 and 4.3.x before 4.3.101 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumptio...

Summary

Updated ntp packages fix security vulnerability:
ntpd in ntp 4.2.8 before 4.2.8p15 and 4.3.x before 4.3.101 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending packets, because memory is not freed in situations where a CMAC key is used and associated with a CMAC algorithm in the ntp.keys file (CVE-2020-15025)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26851

- https://www.ntp.org/support/securitynotice/

- https://www.ntp.org/support/securitynotice/ntpbug3661/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-15025

Resolution

MGASA-2020-0281 - Updated ntp packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/ntp-4.2.8p15-1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 05 Jul 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0281.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2020-15025

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