MGASA-2015-0063

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    MGASA-2015-0063

    Published: 11 Feb 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated ntp packages fix security vulnerabilities

    Details: Updated ntp packages fix security vulnerabilities: Stephen Roettger of the Google Security Team, Sebastian Krahmer of the SUSE Security Team and Harlan Stenn of Network Time Foundation discovered that the length value in extension fields is not properly validated in several code paths in ntp_crypto.c, which could lead to information leakage or denial of service (CVE-2014-9297). Stephen Roettger of the Google Security Team reported that ACLs based on IPv6 ::1 (localhost) addresses can be bypassed (CVE-2014-9298).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0063.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15214, http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#Recent_Vulnerabilities, https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3154

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ntp

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/ntp?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.2.6p5-15.3.mga4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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