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SciLinux: SLSA-2018-0855-1 Moderate NTP DoS Enhancements

Calendar Apr 30, 2018 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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security advisory moderate denial of service buffer overflow scientific linux
ntp: Authenticated DoS via Malicious Config Option (CVE-2017-6463) * ntp: Denial of Service via Malformed Config (CVE-2017-6464) * ntp: Buffer Overflow in DPTS Clock (CVE-2017-6462) Additional Changes: SL7 x86_64 ntp-4.2.6p5-28.el7.x86_64.rpm ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-28.el7.x86_64.rpm ntpdate-4.2.6p5-28.el7.x86_64.rpm sntp-4.2.6p5-28.el7.x86_64.rpm noarch ntp-doc-4.2.6 [More...] 
Synopsis:          Moderate: ntp security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2018:0855-1
Issue Date:        2018-04-10
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2017-6464
                   CVE-2017-6462
                   CVE-2017-6463
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Security Fix(es):

* ntp: Authenticated DoS via Malicious Config Option (CVE-2017-6463)

* ntp: Denial of Service via Malformed Config (CVE-2017-6464)

* ntp: Buffer Overflow in DPTS Clock (CVE-2017-6462)

Additional Changes:
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SL7
  x86_64
    ntp-4.2.6p5-28.el7.x86_64.rpm
    ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-28.el7.x86_64.rpm
    ntpdate-4.2.6p5-28.el7.x86_64.rpm
    sntp-4.2.6p5-28.el7.x86_64.rpm
  noarch
    ntp-doc-4.2.6p5-28.el7.noarch.rpm
    ntp-perl-4.2.6p5-28.el7.noarch.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team