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SUSE-SU-2016:1471-1

Security update for ntp

In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

No source gives a CVSS score.

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by SUSE.

Description

This update for ntp fixes the following issues: - Separate the creation of ntp.keys and key #1 in it to avoid problems when upgrading installations that have the file, but no key #1, which is needed e.g. by 'rcntp addserver'. - Update to 4.2.8p7 (bsc#977446): * CVE-2016-1547, bsc#977459: Validate crypto-NAKs, AKA: CRYPTO-NAK DoS. * CVE-2016-1548, bsc#977461: Interleave-pivot * CVE-2016-1549, bsc#977451: Sybil vulnerability: ephemeral association attack. * CVE-2016-1550, bsc#977464: Improve NTP security against buffer comparison timing attacks. * CVE-2016-1551, bsc#977450: Refclock impersonation vulnerability * CVE-2016-2516, bsc#977452: Duplicate IPs on unconfig directives will cause an assertion botch in ntpd. * CVE-2016-2517, bsc#977455: remote configuration trustedkey/ requestkey/controlkey values are not properly validated. * CVE-2016-2518, bsc#977457: Crafted addpeer with hmode > 7 causes array wraparound with MATCH_ASSOC. * CVE-2016-2519, bsc#977458: ctl_getitem() return value not always checked. * integrate ntp-fork.patch * Improve the fixes for: CVE-2015-7704, CVE-2015-7705, CVE-2015-7974 - Restrict the parser in the startup script to the first occurrance of 'keys' and 'controlkey' in ntp.conf (bsc#957226).

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
SUSE Linux Enterprise 11.2ntp, ntp-doc4.2.8p7-44.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise 11.3ntp, ntp-doc4.2.8p7-44.1
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SourcePackageFixed in
SUSE Linux Enterprise 11.2ntp4.2.8p7-44.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise 11.2ntp-doc4.2.8p7-44.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise 11.3ntp4.2.8p7-44.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise 11.3ntp-doc4.2.8p7-44.1

References

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