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From: Sergey Popov <pinkbyte@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201402-28 ] Chrony: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 11:09:29
Message-Id: 531062E4.50201@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Chrony: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: February 28, 2014
10 Bugs: #480364
11 ID: 201402-28
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Chrony, possibly allowing
19 remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.
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21 Background
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24 Chrony is a pair of programs which are used to maintain the accuracy of
25 the system clock on a computer.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 net-misc/chrony <= 1.29 >= 1.29
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35 Description
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38 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chrony. Please review
39 the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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41 Impact
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44 A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition by
45 sending specially crafted packets.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All Chrony users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/chrony-1.29"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2012-4502
64 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4502
65 [ 2 ] CVE-2012-4503
66 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4503
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68 Availability
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71 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
72 the Gentoo Security Website:
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74 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201402-28.xml
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76 Concerns?
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79 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
80 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
81 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
82 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
83 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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85 License
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88 Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
89 belongs to its owner(s).
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91 The contents of this document are licensed under the
92 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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94 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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