Scientific Linux: CVE-2009-0159 Critical: ntp Buffer Overflow Risk

Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 16:39:56 -0500
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA Critical: ntp on SL4.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Critical: ntp security update
Issue date:	2009-05-18
CVE Names:	CVE-2009-0159 CVE-2009-1252

A buffer overflow flaw was discovered in the ntpd daemon's NTPv4
authentication code. If ntpd was configured to use public key
cryptography for NTP packet authentication, a remote attacker could use
this flaw to send a specially-crafted request packet that could crash
ntpd or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
"ntp" user. (CVE-2009-1252)

Note: NTP authentication is not enabled by default.

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the ntpq diagnostic command. A
malicious, remote server could send a specially-crafted reply to an ntpq
request that could crash ntpq or, potentially, execute arbitrary code
with the privileges of the user running the ntpq command. (CVE-2009-0159)

After installing the update, the ntpd daemon will be restarted
automatically.

SL 4.x

 SRPMS:
ntp-4.2.0.a.20040617-8.el4_7.2.src.rpm
 i386:
ntp-4.2.0.a.20040617-8.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
ntp-4.2.0.a.20040617-8.el4_7.2.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson