Detections
Analytics
RHEL 7 : ntp (RHSA-2018:0855)
high Nessus Plugin ID 108989
Language:
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:0855 advisory.- ntp: Buffer Overflow in DPTS Clock (CVE-2017-6462)
- ntp: Authenticated DoS via Malicious Config Option (CVE-2017-6463)
- ntp: Denial of Service via Malformed Config (CVE-2017-6464)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?d74c2895
http://www.nessus.org/u?d97a721d
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0855
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1420453
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1433987
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1433995
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1434002
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1442083
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1466947
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 108989
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-0855.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/11/2018
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.6
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-6462
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ntp-doc, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ntp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ntp-perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ntpdate, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sntp
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/10/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2017