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ELSA-2015-2241 Moderate: Oracle Linux chrony security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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ELSA-2015-2241 Moderate: Oracle Linux chrony security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/16/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/24/2015
Modified
04/11/2019

Description

chrony before 1.31.1 does not initialize the last "next" pointer when saving unacknowledged replies to command requests, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer dereference and daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large number of command requests.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-chrony

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