openSUSE Security Update: Security update for ntp ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2014:1680-1 Rating: critical References: #910764 Cross-References: CVE-2014-9295 CVE-2014-9296 Affected Products: openSUSE Evergreen 11.4 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available. Description: The network timeservice ntp was updated to fix critical security issues (bnc#910764, CERT VU#852879) * A potential remote code execution problem was found inside ntpd. The functions crypto_recv() (when using autokey authentication), ctl_putdata(), and configure() where updated to avoid buffer overflows that could be exploited. (CVE-2014-9295) * Furthermore a problem inside the ntpd error handling was found that is missing a return statement. This could also lead to a potentially attack vector. (CVE-2014-9296) Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE Evergreen 11.4: zypper in -t patch 2014-95 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE Evergreen 11.4 (i586 x86_64): ntp-4.2.6p3-6.28.1 ntp-debuginfo-4.2.6p3-6.28.1 ntp-debugsource-4.2.6p3-6.28.1 ntp-doc-4.2.6p3-6.28.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9295.html http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9296.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=910764 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+help@opensuse.org