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SUSE Linux Enterprise: 2014:1686-2 Critical: xntp Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey December 24, 2014
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Summary

This ntp update fixes the following critical security issue: * A potential remote code execution problem was found inside ntpd. The functions crypto_recv() (when using autokey authentication) and ctl_putdata() where updated to avoid buffer overflows that could have been exploited. (CVE-2014-9295 / VU#852879) Security Issues: * CVE-2014-9295 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64): xntp-4.2.4p3-48.25.1 xntp-doc-4.2.4p3-48.25.1

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References

#910764

Cross- CVE-2014-9295

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9295.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=910764

https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:1686-2
Rating: critical

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