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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.853253
Category:SuSE Local Security Checks
Title:openSUSE: Security Advisory for ntp (openSUSE-SU-2020:0934-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'ntp'; package(s) announced via the openSUSE-SU-2020:0934-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'ntp'
package(s) announced via the openSUSE-SU-2020:0934-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
This update for ntp fixes the following issues:

ntp was updated to 4.2.8p15

- CVE-2020-11868: Fixed an issue which a server mode packet with spoofed
source address frequently send to the client ntpd could have caused
denial of service (bsc#1169740).

- CVE-2018-8956: Fixed an issue which could have allowed remote attackers
to prevent a broadcast client from synchronizing its clock with a
broadcast NTP server via spoofed mode 3 and mode 5 packets (bsc#1171355).

- CVE-2020-13817: Fixed an issue which an off-path attacker with the
ability to query time from victim's ntpd instance could have modified
the victim's clock by a limited amount (bsc#1172651).

- CVE-2020-15025: Fixed an issue which remote attacker could have caused
denial of service by consuming the memory when a CMAC key was used
andassociated with a CMAC algorithm in the ntp.keys (bsc#1173334).

- Removed an OpenSSL version warning (bsc#992038 and bsc#1125401).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.


Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods
like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-934=1

Affected Software/OS:
'ntp' package(s) on openSUSE Leap 15.1.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-8956
http://www.ntp.org/
https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.01783
https://nikhiltripathi.in/NTP_attack.pdf
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5905
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:0934 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00005.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:1007 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00044.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-11868
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200424-0002/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-12
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3592
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1716665
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00004.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-13817
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200625-0004/
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3596
https://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3596
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-15025
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200702-0002/
https://bugs.gentoo.org/729458
https://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3661
https://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#June_2020_ntp_4_2_8p15_NTP_Relea
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
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