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Oracle Linux 7 : ntp (ELSA-2018-0855)

high Nessus Plugin ID 109109

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-0855 advisory.

 - fix buffer overflow in datum refclock driver (CVE-2017-6462)
 - fix crash with invalid unpeer command (CVE-2017-6463)
 - fix potential crash with invalid server command (CVE-2017-6464)
 - fix CVE-2016-7429 patch to work correctly on multicast client (#1422944)
 - don't limit rate of packets from sources (CVE-2016-7426)
 - don't change interface from received packets (CVE-2016-7429)
 - fix calculation of root distance again (CVE-2016-7433)
 - require authentication for trap commands (CVE-2016-9310)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2018-0855.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109109

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2018-0855.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/18/2018

Updated: 10/31/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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:oracle:linux:ntp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sntp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ntpdate, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ntp-perl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ntp-doc

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-6462, CVE-2017-6463, CVE-2017-6464

RHSA: 2018:0855