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Posted on 05 October 2016
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3096-1
October 05, 2016
ntp vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in NTP.
Software Description:
- ntp: Network Time Protocol daemon and utility programs
Details:
Aanchal Malhotra discovered that NTP incorrectly handled authenticated
broadcast mode. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform a repla=
y
attack. (CVE-2015-7973)
Matt Street discovered that NTP incorrectly verified peer associations of=
symmetric keys. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform an
impersonation attack. (CVE-2015-7974)
Jonathan Gardner discovered that the NTP ntpq utility incorrectly handled=
memory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ntpq to crash,=
resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04
LTS. (CVE-2015-7975)
Jonathan Gardner discovered that the NTP ntpq utility incorrectly handled=
dangerous characters in filenames. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to overwrite arbitrary files. (CVE-2015-7976)
Stephen Gray discovered that NTP incorrectly handled large restrict lists=
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An attacker could use this issue to cause NTP to crash, resulting in a
denial of service. (CVE-2015-7977, CVE-2015-7978)
Aanchal Malhotra discovered that NTP incorrectly handled authenticated
broadcast mode. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause NTP to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-7979)
Jonathan Gardner discovered that NTP incorrectly handled origin timestamp=
checks. A remote attacker could use this issue to spoof peer servers.
(CVE-2015-8138)
Jonathan Gardner discovered that the NTP ntpq utility did not properly
handle certain incorrect values. An attacker could possibly use this issu=
e
to cause ntpq to hang, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-8158)
It was discovered that the NTP cronjob incorrectly cleaned up the
statistics directory. A local attacker could possibly use this to escalat=
e
privileges. (CVE-2016-0727)
Stephen Gray and Matthew Van Gundy discovered that NTP incorrectly
validated crypto-NAKs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to=
prevent clients from synchronizing. (CVE-2016-1547)
Miroslav Lichvar and Jonathan Gardner discovered that NTP incorrectly
handled switching to interleaved symmetric mode. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to prevent clients from synchronizing.
(CVE-2016-1548)
Matthew Van Gundy, Stephen Gray and Loganaden Velvindron discovered that
NTP incorrectly handled message authentication. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to recover the message digest key. (CVE-2016-1550=
)
Yihan Lian discovered that NTP incorrectly handled duplicate IPs on
unconfig directives. An authenticated remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause NTP to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2016-2516)
Yihan Lian discovered that NTP incorrectly handled certail peer
associations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause NT=
P
to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-2518)
Jakub Prokes discovered that NTP incorrectly handled certain spoofed
packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denia=
l
of service. (CVE-2016-4954)
Miroslav Lichvar discovered that NTP incorrectly handled certain packets
when autokey is enabled. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue =
to
cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-4955)
Miroslav Lichvar discovered that NTP incorrectly handled certain spoofed
broadcast packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-4956)
In the default installation, attackers would be isolated by the NTP
AppArmor profile.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
ntp 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.3
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
ntp 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
ntp 1:4.2.6.p3+dfsg-1ubuntu3.11
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.=
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3096-1
CVE-2015-7973, CVE-2015-7974, CVE-2015-7975, CVE-2015-7976,
CVE-2015-7977, CVE-2015-7978, CVE-2015-7979, CVE-2015-8138,
CVE-2015-8158, CVE-2016-0727, CVE-2016-1547, CVE-2016-1548,
CVE-2016-1550, CVE-2016-2516, CVE-2016-2518, CVE-2016-4954,
CVE-2016-4955, CVE-2016-4956
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntp/1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntp/1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04=
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https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntp/1:4.2.6.p3+dfsg-1ubuntu3.11
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