Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2016-1141

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-1141.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 7 have been uploaded to the 
Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
ntp-4.2.6p5-22.el7_2.2.x86_64.rpm
ntp-doc-4.2.6p5-22.el7_2.2.noarch.rpm
ntp-perl-4.2.6p5-22.el7_2.2.noarch.rpm
ntpdate-4.2.6p5-22.el7_2.2.x86_64.rpm
sntp-4.2.6p5-22.el7_2.2.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol7/SRPMS-updates/ntp-4.2.6p5-22.el7_2.2.src.rpm



Description of changes:

[4.2.6p5-22.el7_2.2]
- don't allow spoofed packets to demobilize associations (CVE-2015-7979,
   CVE-2016-1547)
- don't allow spoofed packet to enable symmetric interleaved mode
   (CVE-2016-1548)
- check mode of new source in config command (CVE-2016-2518)
- make MAC check resilient against timing attack (CVE-2016-1550)

Oracle7: ELSA-2016-1141: ntp Moderate Security Update

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 7 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Summary

[4.2.6p5-22.el7_2.2] - don't allow spoofed packets to demobilize associations (CVE-2015-7979, CVE-2016-1547) - don't allow spoofed packet to enable symmetric interleaved mode (CVE-2016-1548) - check mode of new source in config command (CVE-2016-2518) - make MAC check resilient against timing attack (CVE-2016-1550)

SRPMs

https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol7/SRPMS-updates/ntp-4.2.6p5-22.el7_2.2.src.rpm

x86_64

ntp-4.2.6p5-22.el7_2.2.x86_64.rpm ntp-doc-4.2.6p5-22.el7_2.2.noarch.rpm ntp-perl-4.2.6p5-22.el7_2.2.noarch.rpm ntpdate-4.2.6p5-22.el7_2.2.x86_64.rpm sntp-4.2.6p5-22.el7_2.2.x86_64.rpm

aarch64

i386

Severity

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