Home / mailings [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201805-12 ] NTP: Multiple vulnerabilities
Posted on 26 May 2018
Gentoo-announce--=-QICac3GydKII7HDHwHAH
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201805-12
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
https://security.gentoo.org/
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Severity: Normal
Title: NTP: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: May 26, 2018
Bugs: #649612
ID: 201805-12
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Synopsis
========
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in NTP, the worst of which
could lead to remote code execution.
Background
==========
NTP contains software for the Network Time Protocol.
Affected packages
=================
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1 net-misc/ntp < 4.2.8_p11 >= 4.2.8_p11
Description
===========
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in NTP. Please review the
CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact
======
A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code or cause a
Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
==========
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
==========
All NTP users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/ntp-4.2.8_p11"
References
==========
[ 1 ] CVE-2018-7170
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7170
[ 2 ] CVE-2018-7182
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7182
[ 3 ] CVE-2018-7183
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7183
[ 4 ] CVE-2018-7184
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7184
[ 5 ] CVE-2018-7185
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7185
Availability
============
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-12
Concerns?
=========
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
=======
Copyright 2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
--=-QICac3GydKII7HDHwHAH
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc"
Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
