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SUSE: 2015:0322-1 Important: xntp Access Control and Info Leak

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Calendar Grey February 19, 2015
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A security update for xntp is now available for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS, addressing four critical vulnerabilities and improving system integrity
An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

xntp has been updated to fix two security issues: * CVE-2014-9298: ::1 can be spoofed on some OSes, so ACLs based on IPv6 ::1 addresses can be bypassed (bnc#911792). * CVE-2014-9297: vallen is not validated in several places in ntp_crypto.c, leading to potential info leak (bnc#911792). Security Issues: * CVE-2014-9294 * CVE-2014-9293 * CVE-2014-9298 * CVE-2014-9297 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64): xntp-4.2.4p3-48.27.1 xntp-doc-4.2.4p3-48.27.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update information leak access control important SUSE xntp

References

#911792

Cross- CVE-2014-9293 CVE-2014-9294 CVE-2014-9297

CVE-2014-9298

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9293.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9294.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9297.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9298.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=911792

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

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:0322-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update information leak access control important SUSE xntp

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