The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:3071 advisory.

    The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize a computer's time with another referenced time     source. These packages include the ntpd service which continuously adjusts system time and utilities used     to query and configure the ntpd service.

    Security Fix(es):

    * Two vulnerabilities were discovered in the NTP server's parsing of configuration directives. A remote,     authenticated attacker could cause ntpd to crash by sending a crafted message. (CVE-2017-6463,     CVE-2017-6464)

    * A vulnerability was found in NTP, in the parsing of packets from the /dev/datum device. A malicious     device could send crafted messages, causing ntpd to crash. (CVE-2017-6462)

    Red Hat would like to thank the NTP project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Cure53 as     the original reporter of these issues.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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RHEL 6 : ntp (RHSA-2017:3071)

high Nessus Plugin ID 104170

Version 3.10