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Debian DSA-1702-1 : ntp - interpretation conflict

medium Nessus Plugin ID 35365

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It has been discovered that NTP, an implementation of the Network Time Protocol, does not properly check the result of an OpenSSL function for verifying cryptographic signatures, which may ultimately lead to the acceptance of unauthenticated time information. (Note that cryptographic authentication of time servers is often not enabled in the first place.)

Solution

Upgrade the ntp package.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 4.2.2.p4+dfsg-2etch1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=511227

https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1702

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 35365

File Name: debian_DSA-1702.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/14/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ntp, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/12/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5077, CVE-2009-0021, CVE-2009-0046, CVE-2009-0047, CVE-2009-0048, CVE-2009-0049, CVE-2009-0124, CVE-2009-0125, CVE-2009-0127, CVE-2009-0128, CVE-2009-0130

BID: 33150

CWE: 20, 287

DSA: 1702