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AIX 6.1 TL 8 : ntp (IV74263)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 85606

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Synopsis

The remote AIX host is missing a security patch.

Description

Network Time Protocol (NTP) Project NTP daemon (ntpd) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when using symmetric key authentication. By sending specially-crafted packets to both peering hosts, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to prevent synchronization.

Solution

Install the appropriate interim fix.

See Also

https://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ntp_advisory3.asc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 85606

File Name: aix_IV74263.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Published: 8/25/2015

Updated: 4/21/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:ibm:aix:6.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AIX/version, Host/AIX/lslpp

Patch Publication Date: 8/21/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/21/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1799