Slackware: 2018-229-01: ntp Security Update
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/ntp-4.2.8p12-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release improves on one security fix in ntpd: LOW/MEDIUM: Sec 3012: Sybil vulnerability: ephemeral association attack While fixed in ntp-4.2.8p7 and with significant additional protections for this issue in 4.2.8p11, ntp-4.2.8p12 includes a fix for an edge case in the new noepeer support. Originally reported by Matt Van Gundy of Cisco. Edge-case hole reported by Martin Burnicki of Meinberg. And fixes another security issue in ntpq and ntpdc: LOW: Sec 3505: The openhost() function used during command-line hostname processing by ntpq and ntpdc can write beyond its buffer limit, which could allow an attacker to achieve code execution or escalate to higher privileges via a long string as the argument for an IPv4 or IPv6 command-line parameter. NOTE: It is unclear whether there are any common situations in which ntpq ...
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Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 14.0 package:
4a4cc8e4dc6964dc4521058ce776ce4e ntp-4.2.8p12-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
d3a0c36c39e1c0cf5e3b8707f948a180 ntp-4.2.8p12-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package:
7c42e1d9fa476c162be9375a7b662654 ntp-4.2.8p12-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
75472911bb9a76a949c94aa21471f6f0 ntp-4.2.8p12-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package:
2ecd58c0cb1f6d035b36de9098e0d075 ntp-4.2.8p12-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
96844a4152a8dba26ed73d91662122ce ntp-4.2.8p12-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package:
dc3f52b871f3edc1a64e2d9ef1649591 n/ntp-4.2.8p12-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
ecd43289b917c81e682b9b00077c1409 n/ntp-4.2.8p12-x86_64-1.txz
Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg ntp-4.2.8p12-i586-1_slack14.2.txz Then, restart the NTP daemon: # sh /etc/rc.d/rc.ntpd restart