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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2015.2961
Important: ntp security update
27 November 2015
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: ntp
Publisher: Red Hat
Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6
Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2015-7704
Reference: ESB-2015.2694
Original Bulletin:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2520.html
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: ntp security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2015:2520-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2520.html
Issue date: 2015-11-26
CVE Names: CVE-2015-7704
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1. Summary:
Updated ntp packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 and 6.6 Extended Update Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security
impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the
References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Optional EUS (v. 6.5) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Optional EUS (v. 6.6) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.5) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.5) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.5) - i386, noarch, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.6) - i386, noarch, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize a computer's time
with a referenced time source.
It was discovered that ntpd as a client did not correctly check timestamps
in Kiss-of-Death packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to send a
crafted Kiss-of-Death packet to an ntpd client that would increase the
client's polling interval value, and effectively disable synchronization
with the server. (CVE-2015-7704)
Red Hat would like to thank Aanchal Malhotra, Isaac E. Cohen, and Sharon
Goldberg of Boston University for reporting this issue.
All ntp users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. After installing the
update, the ntpd daemon will restart automatically.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
For details on how to apply this update, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1271070 - CVE-2015-7704 ntp: disabling synchronization via crafted KoD packet
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.5):
Source:
ntp-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.1.src.rpm
x86_64:
ntp-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
ntpdate-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.6):
Source:
ntp-4.2.6p5-3.el6_6.1.src.rpm
x86_64:
ntp-4.2.6p5-3.el6_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-3.el6_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ntpdate-4.2.6p5-3.el6_6.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Optional EUS (v. 6.5):
Source:
ntp-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.1.src.rpm
noarch:
ntp-doc-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.1.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
ntp-perl-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Optional EUS (v. 6.6):
noarch:
ntp-doc-4.2.6p5-3.el6_6.1.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-3.el6_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ntp-perl-4.2.6p5-3.el6_6.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.5):
Source:
ntp-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.1.src.rpm
i386:
ntp-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
ntpdate-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
ppc64:
ntp-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
ntpdate-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
ntp-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
ntpdate-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
ntp-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
ntpdate-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6):
Source:
ntp-4.2.6p5-3.el6_6.1.src.rpm
i386:
ntp-4.2.6p5-3.el6_6.1.i686.rpm
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-3.el6_6.1.i686.rpm
ntpdate-4.2.6p5-3.el6_6.1.i686.rpm
ppc64:
ntp-4.2.6p5-3.el6_6.1.ppc64.rpm
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-3.el6_6.1.ppc64.rpm
ntpdate-4.2.6p5-3.el6_6.1.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
ntp-4.2.6p5-3.el6_6.1.s390x.rpm
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-3.el6_6.1.s390x.rpm
ntpdate-4.2.6p5-3.el6_6.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
ntp-4.2.6p5-3.el6_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-3.el6_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ntpdate-4.2.6p5-3.el6_6.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.5):
Source:
ntp-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.1.src.rpm
i386:
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
ntp-perl-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
noarch:
ntp-doc-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.1.noarch.rpm
ppc64:
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
ntp-perl-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
ntp-perl-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
ntp-perl-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.6):
i386:
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-3.el6_6.1.i686.rpm
ntp-perl-4.2.6p5-3.el6_6.1.i686.rpm
noarch:
ntp-doc-4.2.6p5-3.el6_6.1.noarch.rpm
ppc64:
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-3.el6_6.1.ppc64.rpm
ntp-perl-4.2.6p5-3.el6_6.1.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-3.el6_6.1.s390x.rpm
ntp-perl-4.2.6p5-3.el6_6.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-3.el6_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ntp-perl-4.2.6p5-3.el6_6.1.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7704
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
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