SuSE 11.3 Security Update : ntp (SAT Patch Number 9540)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 76910

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The NTP time service could have been used for remote denial of service amplification attacks.

This issue can be fixed by the administrator as we described in our security advisory SUSE-SA:2014:001:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-01/msg00005.
html

and on

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5211.html

This update now also replaces the default ntp.conf template to fix this problem.

Please note that if you have touched or modified ntp.conf yourself, it will not be automatically fixed, you need to merge the changes manually as described.

Additionally the following bug has been fixed :

- ntp start script does not update the /var/lib/ntp/etc/localtime file if /etc/localtime is a symlink (bnc#838458)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 9540.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 76910

File Name: suse_11_ntp-140721.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/30/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:ntp-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:ntp

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-5211

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