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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200904-05 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: ntp: Certificate validation error |
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Date: April 05, 2009 |
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Bugs: #254098 |
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ID: 200904-05 |
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Synopsis |
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An error in the OpenSSL certificate chain validation in ntp might allow |
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for spoofing attacks. |
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Background |
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ntp contains the client and daemon implementations for the Network Time |
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Protocol. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 net-misc/ntp < 4.2.4_p6 >= 4.2.4_p6 |
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Description |
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It has been reported that ntp incorrectly checks the return value of |
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the EVP_VerifyFinal(), a vulnerability related to CVE-2008-5077 (GLSA |
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200902-02). |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to spoof arbitrary |
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names to conduct Man-In-The-Middle attacks and intercept sensitive |
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information. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All ntp users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/ntp-4.2.4_p6" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2008-5077 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5077 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2009-0021 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0021 |
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[ 3 ] GLSA 200902-02 |
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http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200902-02.xml |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-05.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2009 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |