Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57245
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2006:0393
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2006:0393. The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize a computer's time with a reference time source. The NTP daemon (ntpd), when run with the -u option and using a string to specify the group, uses the group ID of the user instead of the group, which causes ntpd to run with different privileges than intended. (CVE-2005-2496) The following issues have also been addressed in this update: - - The init script had several problems - - The script executed on upgrade could fail - - The man page for ntpd indicated the wrong option for specifying a chroot directory - - The ntp daemon could crash with the message Exiting: No more memory! - - There is a new option for syncing the hardware clock after a successful run of ntpdate Users of ntp should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues. Solution: Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0393.html http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 4.6
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-2496 1016679 http://securitytracker.com/id?1016679 14673 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14673 16602 http://secunia.com/advisories/16602 19055 http://www.osvdb.org/19055 21464 http://secunia.com/advisories/21464 ADV-2005-1561 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1561 DSA-801 http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-801 FEDORA-2005-812 http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?id=55155 MDKSA-2005:156 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:156 RHSA-2006:0393 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0393.html ntp-incorrect-group-permissions(22035) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22035 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9669 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9669
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