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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201903-15 ] NTP: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 03:24:39
Message-Id: 20190319031932.GA10517@monkey
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201903-15
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: NTP: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: March 19, 2019
10 Bugs: #658576, #679742
11 ID: 201903-15
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in NTP, the worst of which
19 could result in the remote execution of arbitrary code.
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21 Background
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24 NTP contains software for the Network Time Protocol.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 net-misc/ntp < 4.2.8_p13 >= 4.2.8_p13
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34 Description
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37 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in NTP. Please review the
38 CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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40 Impact
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43 An attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition, escalate
44 privileges, or remotely execute arbitrary code.
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46 Workaround
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49 There is no known workaround at this time.
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51 Resolution
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54 All NTP users should upgrade to the latest version:
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56 # emerge --sync
57 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/ntp-4.2.8_p13"
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59 References
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62 [ 1 ] CVE-2018-12327
63 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12327
64 [ 2 ] CVE-2019-8936
65 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8936
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67 Availability
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70 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
71 the Gentoo Security Website:
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73 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-15
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75 Concerns?
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78 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
79 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
80 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
81 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
82 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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84 License
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87 Copyright 2019 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
88 belongs to its owner(s).
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90 The contents of this document are licensed under the
91 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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93 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5