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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3707-2
January 23, 2019
ntp vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in NTP.
Software Description:
– ntp: Network Time Protocol daemon and utility programs
Details:
USN-3707-1 and USN-3349-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in NTP. This
update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
Miroslav Lichvar discovered that NTP incorrectly handled certain
spoofed addresses when performing rate limiting. A remote attacker
could possibly use this issue to perform a denial of service.
(CVE-2016-7426)
Matthew Van Gundy discovered that NTP incorrectly handled certain
crafted broadcast mode packets. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to perform a denial of service.
(CVE-2016-7427, CVE-2016-7428)
Matthew Van Gundy discovered that NTP incorrectly handled certain
control mode packets. A remote attacker could use this issue to set or
unset traps. (CVE-2016-9310)
Matthew Van Gundy discovered that NTP incorrectly handled the trap
service. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause NTP
to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-9311)
It was discovered that the NTP legacy DPTS refclock driver incorrectly
handled the /dev/datum device. A local attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-6462)
It was discovered that NTP incorrectly handled certain invalid
settings in a :config directive. A remote authenticated user could
possibly use this issue to cause NTP to crash, resulting in a denial
of service. (CVE-2017-6463)
Michael Macnair discovered that NTP incorrectly handled certain
responses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-7183)
Miroslav Lichvar discovered that NTP incorrectly handled certain
zero-origin timestamps. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-7185)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
ntp 1:4.2.6.p3+dfsg-1ubuntu3.12
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3707-2
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3707-1
CVE-2016-7426, CVE-2016-7427, CVE-2016-7428, CVE-2016-9310,
CVE-2016-9311, CVE-2017-6462, CVE-2017-6463, CVE-2018-7183,
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