| Description: | Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'ntp' package(s) announced via the SUSE-SU-2016:1278-1 advisory.
Vulnerability Insight:
This update for ntp to 4.2.8p7 fixes the following issues:
* CVE-2016-1547, bsc#977459: Validate crypto-NAKs, AKA: CRYPTO-NAK DoS.
* CVE-2016-1548, bsc#977461: Interleave-pivot
* CVE-2016-1549, bsc#977451: Sybil vulnerability: ephemeral association
attack.
* CVE-2016-1550, bsc#977464: Improve NTP security against buffer
comparison timing attacks.
* CVE-2016-1551, bsc#977450: Refclock impersonation vulnerability
* CVE-2016-2516, bsc#977452: Duplicate IPs on unconfig directives will
cause an assertion botch in ntpd.
* CVE-2016-2517, bsc#977455: remote configuration trustedkey/
requestkey/controlkey values are not properly validated.
* CVE-2016-2518, bsc#977457: Crafted addpeer with hmode > 7 causes array
wraparound with MATCH_ASSOC.
* CVE-2016-2519, bsc#977458: ctl_getitem() return value not always checked.
* This update also improves the fixes for: CVE-2015-7704, CVE-2015-7705,
CVE-2015-7974 Bugs fixed:
- Restrict the parser in the startup script to the first
occurrance of 'keys' and 'controlkey' in ntp.conf (bsc#957226).
Affected Software/OS:
'ntp' package(s) on SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4.
Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).
CVSS Score:
7.5
CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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