OracleVM 3.3 : ntp (OVMSA-2014-0085)

high Nessus Plugin ID 80248

Synopsis

The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :

- 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)

- don't mobilize passive association when authentication fails (CVE-2014-9296)

Solution

Update the affected ntp / ntpdate packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?12c3462c

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 80248

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2014-0085.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 12/26/2014

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:ntp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:ntpdate, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.3

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/24/2014

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