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Fedora 10 : ntp-4.2.4p7-1.fc10 (2009-5273)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 38961
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
This update fixes a denial of service issue if autokey is enabled (default is disabled) and a crash in ntpq.Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected ntp package.See Also
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=490617
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 38961
File Name: fedora_2009-5273.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 6/1/2009
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ntp, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:10
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/20/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-0159, CVE-2009-1252