SUSE SLES11 Security Update : ntp (SUSE-SU-2019:13991-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 123454

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for ntp fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

CVE-2019-8936: Fixed a NULL pointer exception which could allow an authenticated attcker to cause segmentation fault to ntpd (bsc#1128525).

Other issues addressed: Make sure that SLE12 version is higher than the one in SLE11 (bsc#1001182).

Fixed several bugs in the BANCOMM reclock driver.

Fixed ntp_loopfilter.c snprintf compilation warnings.

Fixed spurious initgroups() error message.

Fixed STA_NANO struct timex units.

Fixed GPS week rollover in libparse.

Fixed incorrect poll interval in packet.

Added a missing check for ENABLE_CMAC.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch slessp4-ntp-13991=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-ntp-13991=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 123454

File Name: suse_SU-2019-13991-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/28/2019

Updated: 6/7/2024

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: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-8936

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ntp, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ntp-doc

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/27/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/15/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-8936

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