[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:1686-1: critical: Security update for ntp

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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

 

 

 

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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