Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ntp (MDVSA-2009:328)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 43077

Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in ntp :

Robin Park and Dmitri Vinokurov discovered a flaw in the way ntpd handled certain malformed NTP packets. ntpd logged information about all such packets and replied with an NTP packet that was treated as malformed when received by another ntpd. A remote attacker could use this flaw to create an NTP packet reply loop between two ntpd servers via a malformed packet with a spoofed source IP address and port, causing ntpd on those servers to use excessive amounts of CPU time and fill disk space with log messages (CVE-2009-3563).

This update provides a solution to this vulnerability.

Solution

Update the affected ntp, ntp-client and / or ntp-doc packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 43077

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2009-328.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 12/9/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2009.1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ntp, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ntp-client, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ntp-doc, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.0, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2009.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/8/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3563

BID: 37255

MDVSA: 2009:328

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