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[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2014:1680-1: critical: Security update for ntp

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openSUSE Security Update: Security update for ntp

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2014:1680-1

Rating: critical

References: #910764

Cross-References: CVE-2014-9295 CVE-2014-9296

Affected Products:

openSUSE Evergreen 11.4

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An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

 

Description:

 

 

The network timeservice ntp was updated to fix critical security issues

(bnc#910764, CERT VU#852879)

* A potential remote code execution problem was found inside ntpd. The

functions crypto_recv() (when using autokey authentication),

ctl_putdata(), and configure() where updated to avoid buffer overflows

that could be exploited. (CVE-2014-9295)

* Furthermore a problem inside the ntpd error handling was found that is

missing a return statement. This could also lead to a potentially attack

vector. (CVE-2014-9296)

 

 

Patch Instructions:

 

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

 

- openSUSE Evergreen 11.4:

 

zypper in -t patch 2014-95

 

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

 

 

Package List:

 

- openSUSE Evergreen 11.4 (i586 x86_64):

 

ntp-4.2.6p3-6.28.1

ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p3-6.28.1

ntp-debugsource-4.2.6p3-6.28.1

ntp-doc-4.2.6p3-6.28.1

 

 

References:

 

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9295.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9296.html

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

 

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