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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703154
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3154-2)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ntp' package(s) announced via the DSA-3154-2 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ntp' package(s) announced via the DSA-3154-2 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the ntp package, an implementation of the Network Time Protocol. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

CVE-2014-9750

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 (ntpd crash).

CVE-2014-9751

Stephen Roettger of the Google Security Team reported that ACLs based on IPv6 ::1 addresses can be bypassed.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-2+deb7u2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-4.

We recommend that you upgrade your ntp packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'ntp' package(s) on Debian 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-9750
BugTraq ID: 72583
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72583
CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#852879
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/852879
Debian Security Information: DSA-3388 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3388
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:1459
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1459.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-9751
BugTraq ID: 72584
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72584
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