openSUSE: 2016:1292-1 Important: NTP DoS and Security Fixes
opensuse
May 12, 2016
An update that solves 12 vulnerabilities and has 8 fixes is now available.
Description
ntp was updated to version 4.2.8p6 to fix 12 security issues.
Also yast2-ntp-client was updated to match some sntp syntax changes.
(bsc#937837)
These security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2015-8158: Fixed potential infinite loop in ntpq (bsc#962966).
- CVE-2015-8138: Zero Origin Timestamp Bypass (bsc#963002).
- CVE-2015-7979: Off-path Denial of Service (DoS) attack on authenticated
broadcast mode (bsc#962784).
- CVE-2015-7978: Stack exhaustion in recursive traversal of restriction
list (bsc#963000).
- CVE-2015-7977: reslist NULL pointer dereference (bsc#962970).
- CVE-2015-7976: ntpq saveconfig command allows dangerous characters in
filenames (bsc#962802).
- CVE-2015-7975: nextvar() missing length check (bsc#962988).
- CVE-2015-7974: Skeleton Key: Missing key check allows impersonation
between authenticated peers (bsc#962960).
- CVE-2015-7973: Replay attack on authenticated broadcast mode
(bsc#962995).
- CVE-2015-8140:...
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Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 42.1:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-578=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i586 x86_64):
ntp-4.2.8p6-15.1
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.8p6-15.1
ntp-debugsource-4.2.8p6-15.1
ntp-doc-4.2.8p6-15.1
- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (noarch):
yast2-ntp-client-3.1.22-6.1
yast2-ntp-client-devel-doc-3.1.22-6.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5300.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7973.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7974.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7975.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7976.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7977.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7978.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7979.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8138.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8139.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8140.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8158.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/782060
https://bugzilla.suse.com/916617
https://bugzilla.suse.com/937837
https://bugzilla.suse.com/951559
https://bugzilla.suse.com/951629
https://bugzilla.suse.com/956773
https://bugzilla.suse.com/962318
https://bugzilla.suse.com/962784
https://bugzilla.suse.com/962802
https://bugzilla.suse.com/962960
https://bugzilla.suse.com/962966
https://bugzilla.suse.co...
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:1292-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 42.1
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