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GLSA-201507-01 : chrony: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 84531

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201507-01 (chrony: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in chrony. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker can cause arbitrary remote code execution or Denial of service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All chrony users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-misc/chrony-1.31.1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-01

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 84531

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201507-01.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Published: 7/6/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:chrony, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/5/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/16/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1821, CVE-2015-1822, CVE-2015-1853

BID: 73948, 73955, 73956

GLSA: 201507-01