Detections
Analytics
Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : ntp (ELSA-2014-2024)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 80154
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Synopsis
The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-2024 advisory.- don't generate weak control key for resolver (CVE-2014-9293)
- don't generate weak MD5 keys in ntp-keygen (CVE-2014-9294)
- fix buffer overflows via specially-crafted packets (CVE-2014-9295)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 80154
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-2024.nasl
Version: 1.21
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 12/22/2014
Updated: 10/23/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-9295
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.9
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-9293
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ntp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sntp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ntpdate, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ntp-perl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ntp-doc, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/20/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2014
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-9293, CVE-2014-9294, CVE-2014-9295, CVE-2014-9296
BID: 71757, 71758, 71761, 71762
RHSA: 2014:2024