SUSE Security Update: Security update for ntp
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:1690-1
Rating: critical
References: #910764
Cross-References: CVE-2014-9295 CVE-2014-9296
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
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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 SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2014-118

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2014-118

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

Package List:

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

ntp-4.2.6p5-31.1
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-31.1
ntp-debugsource-4.2.6p5-31.1
ntp-doc-4.2.6p5-31.1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):

ntp-4.2.6p5-31.1
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-31.1
ntp-debugsource-4.2.6p5-31.1
ntp-doc-4.2.6p5-31.1

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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