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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2017-6464) (Multiple Advisories): ntp security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2017-6464) (Multiple Advisories): ntp security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/27/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/26/2017
Modified
12/20/2018

Description

NTP before 4.2.8p10 and 4.3.x before 4.3.94 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ntpd crash) via a malformed mode configuration directive.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ntp
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ntp-doc
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ntp-perl
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ntpdate
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-sntp

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