Security update for ntp

SUSE Security Update: Security update for ntp
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:1584-1
Rating: important
References: #979302 #981422 #982056 #982064 #982065 #982066 #982067 #982068
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4
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    An update that solves 5 vulnerabilities and has three fixes is now available.

    Description:

    ntp was updated to version 4.2.8p8 to fix five security issues.

    These security issues were fixed:
    - CVE-2016-4953: Bad authentication demobilizes ephemeral associations
    (bsc#982065).
    - CVE-2016-4954: Processing spoofed server packets (bsc#982066).
    - CVE-2016-4955: Autokey association reset (bsc#982067).
    - CVE-2016-4956: Broadcast interleave (bsc#982068).
    - CVE-2016-4957: CRYPTO_NAK crash (bsc#982064).

    These non-security issues were fixed:
    - Keep the parent process alive until the daemon has finished
    initialisation, to make sure that the PID file exists when the parent
    returns.
    - bsc#979302: Change the process name of the forking DNS worker process to
    avoid the impression that ntpd is started twice.
    - bsc#981422: Don't ignore SIGCHILD because it breaks wait().
    - Separate the creation of ntp.keys and key #1 in it to avoid problems
    when upgrading installations that have the file, but no key #1, which is
    needed e.g. by "rcntp addserver".

    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-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch slessp4-ntp-12612=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-ntp-12612=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • ntp-4.2.8p8-14.1
      • ntp-doc-4.2.8p8-14.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • ntp-debuginfo-4.2.8p8-14.1
      • ntp-debugsource-4.2.8p8-14.1

    References: