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Amazon Linux AMI: Security patch for ntp (ALAS-2015-496) (multiple CVEs)

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Amazon Linux AMI: Security patch for ntp (ALAS-2015-496) (multiple CVEs)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/26/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/26/2015
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

It was reported that ntp misses validation of vallen value, leading to various information leaks. See for more details. (CVE-2014-9297 )

It was reported that ntp allows bypassing source IP ACLs on some OSes when ::1 spoofed. (CVE-2014-9298 )

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ntp
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ntp-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ntp-doc
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ntp-perl
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ntpdate

References

  • ALAS-2015-496

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