SUSE-SU-2015:0259-3

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    SUSE-SU-2015:0259-3

    Published: 21 Jul 2014Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for ntp

    Details: The NTP time service could have been used for remote denial of service amplification attacks. This issue can be fixed by the administrator as we described in our security advisory SUSE-SA:2014:001 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-01/msg00005.html <http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-01/msg00005.html> and on http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5211.html <http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5211.html> this update now also replaces the default ntp.conf template to fix this problem. Please note that if you have touched or modified ntp.conf yourself, it will not be automatically fixed, you need to merge the changes manually as described. Additionally the following bug has been fixed: * ntp start script does not update /var/lib/ntp/etc/localtime file if /etc/localtime is symlink (bnc#838458) Security Issues: * CVE-2013-5211 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-5211>

    Affected packages

    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