Security update for ntp

SUSE Security Update: Security update for ntp
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:1173-1
Rating: important
References: #924202 #928321 #935409
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

  • An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available.

    Description:

    ntp was updated to fix two security issues:

    • CVE-2015-1799: ntpd authentication did not protect symmetric associations against DoS attacks (bsc#924202)
    • CVE-2015-3405: ntp-keygen may generate non-random symmetric keys on big-endian systems (bsc#928321)

    Security Issues:

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-ntp=10804
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-ntp=10804
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-ntp=10804

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
      • ntp-4.2.4p8-1.29.36.1
      • ntp-doc-4.2.4p8-1.29.36.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • ntp-4.2.4p8-1.29.36.1
      • ntp-doc-4.2.4p8-1.29.36.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
      • ntp-4.2.4p8-1.29.36.1
      • ntp-doc-4.2.4p8-1.29.36.1

    References: