openSUSE: 2018:3438-1 Moderate: NTP Buffer Overflow and Time Spoofing
opensuse
October 25, 2018
An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available.
Description
This update for NTP to version 4.2.8p12 fixes the following
vulnerabilities (bsc#1111853):
- CVE-2018-12327: Fixed stack buffer overflow in the openhost()
command-line call of NTPQ/NTPDC. (bsc#1098531)
- CVE-2018-7170: Add further tweaks to improve the fix for the ephemeral
association time spoofing additional protection (bsc#1083424)
Please also see
http://www.nwtime.org/network-time-foundation-publishes-ntp-4-2-8p12/ for
more information.
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP1:Update update project.
Topics Covered
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 42.3:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-1280=1
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):
ntp-4.2.8p12-31.6.1
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.8p12-31.6.1
ntp-debugsource-4.2.8p12-31.6.1
ntp-doc-4.2.8p12-31.6.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12327.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7170.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1083424
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1098531
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1111853
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:3438-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 42.3
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Topics Covered
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