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SUSE: 2014:1686-3 Critical: NTP Remote Code Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey December 24, 2014
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Patch for ntp tackles severe threats of remote code execution, complete with comprehensive update guidelines.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

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 Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS: zypper in -t patch slessp1-ntp-10119 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64): ntp-4.2.4p8-1.28.1

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security advisory critical remote code execution ntp update SUSE Linux Enterprise patch instructions

References

#910764

Cross- CVE-2014-9295

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 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-2014:1686-3
Rating: critical

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security advisory critical remote code execution ntp update SUSE Linux Enterprise patch instructions

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