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Virtuozzo 6 : ntp / ntp-doc / ntp-perl / ntpdate (VZLSA-2018-3854)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 144545

Synopsis

The remote Virtuozzo host is missing a security update.

Description

An update for ntp is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link (s) in the References section.

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, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Note that Tenable Network Security has attempted to extract the preceding description block directly from the corresponding Red Hat security advisory. Virtuozzo provides no description for VZLSA advisories. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected ntp / ntp-doc / ntp-perl / ntpdate package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?71ead331

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3854

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 144545

File Name: Virtuozzo_VZLSA-2018-3854.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 12/22/2020

Updated: 1/31/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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:virtuozzo:virtuozzo:ntp, p-cpe:/a:virtuozzo:virtuozzo:ntp-doc, p-cpe:/a:virtuozzo:virtuozzo:ntp-perl, p-cpe:/a:virtuozzo:virtuozzo:ntpdate, cpe:/o:virtuozzo:virtuozzo:6

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/19/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12327