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Oracle Linux 6 : ntp (ELSA-2016-0780)

high Nessus Plugin ID 91151

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2016-0780 advisory.

 - don't accept server/peer packets with zero origin timestamp (CVE-2015-8138)
 - fix crash with reslist command (CVE-2015-7977, CVE-2015-7978)
 - fix crash with invalid logconfig command (CVE-2015-5194)
 - fix crash when referencing disabled statistic type (CVE-2015-5195)
 - don't hang in sntp with crafted reply (CVE-2015-5219)
 - don't crash with crafted autokey packet (CVE-2015-7691, CVE-2015-7692, CVE-2015-7702)
 - fix memory leak with autokey (CVE-2015-7701)
 - don't allow setting driftfile and pidfile remotely (CVE-2015-7703)
 - don't crash in ntpq with crafted packet (CVE-2015-7852)
 - check origin timestamp before accepting KoD RATE packet (CVE-2015-7704)

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

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-0780.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 91151

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-0780.nasl

Version: 2.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/16/2016

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-7703

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ntp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ntpdate, 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/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/30/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5194, CVE-2015-5195, CVE-2015-5219, CVE-2015-7691, CVE-2015-7692, CVE-2015-7701, CVE-2015-7702, CVE-2015-7703, CVE-2015-7852, CVE-2015-7977, CVE-2015-7978