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openSUSE Security Update : ntp (ntp-1728)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 43870

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

By sending specially crafted NTP packets attackers could make ntpd flood it's log file with error messages or even run into an endless loop (CVE-2009-3563).

Solution

Update the affected ntp package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=550316

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 43870

File Name: suse_11_1_ntp-091221.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/13/2010

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ntp

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 12/21/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3563