RHEL 7 : ntp (RHSA-2020:1470)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 143035

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for ntp.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1470 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):

* ntp: Stack-based buffer overflow in ntpq and ntpdc allows denial of service or code execution (CVE-2018-12327)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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

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

Solution

Update the RHEL ntp package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:1470.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b228bac9

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1470

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1593580

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 143035

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-1470.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/18/2020

Updated: 11/5/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-12327

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ntp-doc, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:7.6, 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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/14/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/20/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12327

BID: 104517

CWE: 121

IAVA: 2018-A-0256-S

RHSA: 2020:1470