openSUSE Security Update : ntp (ntp-439)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 40284

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of ntp improves a check for the return value of openssl's function EVP_VerifyFinal(). (CVE-2009-0021)

Solution

Update the affected ntp package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459662

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 40284

File Name: suse_11_1_ntp-090119.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ntp

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/19/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0021

CWE: 287