SUSE Security Update: Security update for ntp
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:1686-1
Rating: critical
References: #910764
Cross-References: CVE-2014-9295
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This ntp update fixes the following critical security issue:

* A potential remote code execution problem was found inside ntpd. The
functions crypto_recv() (when using autokey authentication) and
ctl_putdata() where updated to avoid buffer overflows that could
have been exploited. (CVE-2014-9295 / VU#852879)

Security Issues:

* CVE-2014-9295
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9295>

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 11 SP3 for VMware:

zypper in -t patch slessp3-ntp-10117

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:

zypper in -t patch slessp3-ntp-10117

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS:

zypper in -t patch slessp2-ntp-10118

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:

zypper in -t patch sledsp3-ntp-10117

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

Package List:

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

ntp-4.2.4p8-1.28.1
ntp-doc-4.2.4p8-1.28.1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

ntp-4.2.4p8-1.28.1
ntp-doc-4.2.4p8-1.28.1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64):

ntp-4.2.4p8-1.28.1
ntp-doc-4.2.4p8-1.28.1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):

ntp-4.2.4p8-1.28.1
ntp-doc-4.2.4p8-1.28.1

References:

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9295.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=910764
http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=49ee0f538b0a3f58f2160d4c87450ab9
http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=8082bb36619fe906d1390813bfcdf0b2

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SUSE Security Update: Security update for ntp
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:1686-3
Rating: critical
References: #910764
Cross-References: CVE-2014-9295
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This ntp update fixes the following critical security issue:

* A potential remote code execution problem was found inside ntpd. The
functions crypto_recv() (when using autokey authentication) and
ctl_putdata() where updated to avoid buffer overflows that could
have been exploited. (CVE-2014-9295 / VU#852879)

Security Issues:

* CVE-2014-9295
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9295>

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 11 SP1 LTSS:

zypper in -t patch slessp1-ntp-10119

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

Package List:

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64):

ntp-4.2.4p8-1.28.1
ntp-doc-4.2.4p8-1.28.1

References:

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9295.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=910764
http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=847d35fe22b8284a157febdb511ea747

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