SUSE Security Update: Security update for xntp ______________________________________________________________________________

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:1686-2 Rating: critical References: #910764 Cross-References: CVE-2014-9295 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS ______________________________________________________________________________

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This ntp update fixes the following critical security issue:

* A potential remote code execution problem was found inside ntpd. The functions crypto_recv() (when using autokey authentication) and ctl_putdata() where updated to avoid buffer overflows that could have been exploited. (CVE-2014-9295 / VU#852879)

Security Issues:

* CVE-2014-9295 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9295

Package List:

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

xntp-4.2.4p3-48.25.1 xntp-doc-4.2.4p3-48.25.1

References:

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9295.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=910764 http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=f4d33535cb6a1f3819d1cd7bb928...