SUSE Security Update: Security update for xntp
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2015:0322-1
Rating:             important
References:         #911792 
Cross-References:   CVE-2014-9293 CVE-2014-9294 CVE-2014-9297
                    CVE-2014-9298
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS
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   An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:


   xntp has been updated to fix two security issues:

       * CVE-2014-9298: ::1 can be spoofed on some OSes, so ACLs based on
         IPv6 ::1 addresses can be bypassed (bnc#911792).
       * CVE-2014-9297: vallen is not validated in several places in
         ntp_crypto.c, leading to potential info leak (bnc#911792).

   Security Issues:

       * CVE-2014-9294
         
       * CVE-2014-9293
         
       * CVE-2014-9298
         
       * CVE-2014-9297
         



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64):

      xntp-4.2.4p3-48.27.1
      xntp-doc-4.2.4p3-48.27.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9293.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9294.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9297.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9298.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/911792
   https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/

SuSE: 2015:0322-1: important: xntp

February 19, 2015
An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

xntp has been updated to fix two security issues: * CVE-2014-9298: ::1 can be spoofed on some OSes, so ACLs based on IPv6 ::1 addresses can be bypassed (bnc#911792). * CVE-2014-9297: vallen is not validated in several places in ntp_crypto.c, leading to potential info leak (bnc#911792). Security Issues: * CVE-2014-9294 * CVE-2014-9293 * CVE-2014-9298 * CVE-2014-9297 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64): xntp-4.2.4p3-48.27.1 xntp-doc-4.2.4p3-48.27.1

References

#911792

Cross- CVE-2014-9293 CVE-2014-9294 CVE-2014-9297

CVE-2014-9298

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9293.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9294.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9297.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9298.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/911792

https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/

Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:0322-1
Rating: important

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