exploit the possibilities
Home Files News &[SERVICES_TAB]About Contact Add New

Red Hat Security Advisory 2015-0104-01

Red Hat Security Advisory 2015-0104-01
Posted Jan 29, 2015
Authored by Red Hat | Site access.redhat.com

Red Hat Security Advisory 2015-0104-01 - The Network Time Protocol is used to synchronize a computer's time with a referenced time source. Multiple buffer overflow flaws were discovered in ntpd's crypto_recv(), ctl_putdata(), and configure() functions. A remote attacker could use either of these flaws to send a specially crafted request packet that could crash ntpd or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the ntp user. Note: the crypto_recv() flaw requires non-default configurations to be active, while the ctl_putdata() flaw, by default, can only be exploited via local attackers, and the configure() flaw requires additional authentication to exploit.

tags | advisory, remote, overflow, arbitrary, local, protocol
systems | linux, redhat
advisories | CVE-2014-9293, CVE-2014-9294, CVE-2014-9295, CVE-2014-9296
SHA-256 | b1cca658d4b8f1fdf7bcc3b84f7d28ce7411a215dd2e3dc836aab539982213b3

Red Hat Security Advisory 2015-0104-01

Change Mirror Download
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

=====================================================================
Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: ntp security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2015:0104-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0104.html
Issue date: 2015-01-28
CVE Names: CVE-2014-9293 CVE-2014-9294 CVE-2014-9295
CVE-2014-9296
=====================================================================

1. Summary:

Updated ntp packages that fix several security issues are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security
impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give
detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the
CVE links in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Optional EUS (v. 6.5) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.5) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.5) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.5) - i386, noarch, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

3. Description:

The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize a computer's time
with a referenced time source.

Multiple buffer overflow flaws were discovered in ntpd's crypto_recv(),
ctl_putdata(), and configure() functions. A remote attacker could use
either of these flaws to send a specially crafted request packet that could
crash ntpd or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of
the ntp user. Note: the crypto_recv() flaw requires non-default
configurations to be active, while the ctl_putdata() flaw, by default, can
only be exploited via local attackers, and the configure() flaw requires
additional authentication to exploit. (CVE-2014-9295)

It was found that ntpd automatically generated weak keys for its internal
use if no ntpdc request authentication key was specified in the ntp.conf
configuration file. A remote attacker able to match the configured IP
restrictions could guess the generated key, and possibly use it to send
ntpdc query or configuration requests. (CVE-2014-9293)

It was found that ntp-keygen used a weak method for generating MD5 keys.
This could possibly allow an attacker to guess generated MD5 keys that
could then be used to spoof an NTP client or server. Note: it is
recommended to regenerate any MD5 keys that had explicitly been generated
with ntp-keygen; the default installation does not contain such keys.
(CVE-2014-9294)

A missing return statement in the receive() function could potentially
allow a remote attacker to bypass NTP's authentication mechanism.
(CVE-2014-9296)

All ntp users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
contains backported patches to resolve these issues. After installing the
update, the ntpd daemon will restart automatically.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the
Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1176032 - CVE-2014-9293 ntp: automatic generation of weak default key in config_auth()
1176035 - CVE-2014-9294 ntp: ntp-keygen uses weak random number generator and seed when generating MD5 keys
1176037 - CVE-2014-9295 ntp: Multiple buffer overflows via specially-crafted packets
1176040 - CVE-2014-9296 ntp: receive() missing return on error

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.5):

Source:
ntp-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.src.rpm

x86_64:
ntp-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
ntpdate-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Optional EUS (v. 6.5):

Source:
ntp-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.src.rpm

noarch:
ntp-doc-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
ntp-perl-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.5):

Source:
ntp-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.src.rpm

i386:
ntp-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.i686.rpm
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.i686.rpm
ntpdate-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.i686.rpm

ppc64:
ntp-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.ppc64.rpm
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.ppc64.rpm
ntpdate-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.ppc64.rpm

s390x:
ntp-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.s390x.rpm
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.s390x.rpm
ntpdate-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
ntp-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
ntpdate-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.5):

Source:
ntp-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.src.rpm

i386:
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.i686.rpm
ntp-perl-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.i686.rpm

noarch:
ntp-doc-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.noarch.rpm

ppc64:
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.ppc64.rpm
ntp-perl-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.ppc64.rpm

s390x:
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.s390x.rpm
ntp-perl-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
ntp-perl-4.2.6p5-2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9293
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9294
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9295
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9296
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1

iD8DBQFUyTXWXlSAg2UNWIIRAsXzAKCilJuJeeWLOABs1xY+ueRvRTSpWACcDhoC
YQlhn66RRMYQCWymo1OCUoI=
=4Rft
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


--
RHSA-announce mailing list
RHSA-announce@redhat.com
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhsa-announce
Login or Register to add favorites

File Archive:

March 2024

  • Su
  • Mo
  • Tu
  • We
  • Th
  • Fr
  • Sa
  • 1
    Mar 1st
    16 Files
  • 2
    Mar 2nd
    0 Files
  • 3
    Mar 3rd
    0 Files
  • 4
    Mar 4th
    32 Files
  • 5
    Mar 5th
    28 Files
  • 6
    Mar 6th
    42 Files
  • 7
    Mar 7th
    17 Files
  • 8
    Mar 8th
    13 Files
  • 9
    Mar 9th
    0 Files
  • 10
    Mar 10th
    0 Files
  • 11
    Mar 11th
    15 Files
  • 12
    Mar 12th
    19 Files
  • 13
    Mar 13th
    21 Files
  • 14
    Mar 14th
    38 Files
  • 15
    Mar 15th
    15 Files
  • 16
    Mar 16th
    0 Files
  • 17
    Mar 17th
    0 Files
  • 18
    Mar 18th
    10 Files
  • 19
    Mar 19th
    32 Files
  • 20
    Mar 20th
    46 Files
  • 21
    Mar 21st
    16 Files
  • 22
    Mar 22nd
    13 Files
  • 23
    Mar 23rd
    0 Files
  • 24
    Mar 24th
    0 Files
  • 25
    Mar 25th
    12 Files
  • 26
    Mar 26th
    31 Files
  • 27
    Mar 27th
    19 Files
  • 28
    Mar 28th
    0 Files
  • 29
    Mar 29th
    0 Files
  • 30
    Mar 30th
    0 Files
  • 31
    Mar 31st
    0 Files

Top Authors In Last 30 Days

File Tags

Systems

packet storm

© 2022 Packet Storm. All rights reserved.

Services
Security Services
Hosting By
Rokasec
close