Summary
The remote host is missing an update to ntp
announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-0547.
Solution
Apply the appropriate updates.
This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use su -c 'yum update ntp' at the command line.
For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum, available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2009-0547
Insight
Update Information:
This update fixes CVE-2009-0021: NTP 4.2.4 before 4.2.4p5 and 4.2.5 before 4.2.5p150 does not properly check the return value from the OpenSSL EVP_VerifyFinal function, which allows remote attackers to bypass validation of the certificate chain via a malformed SSL/TLS signature for DSA and ECDSA keys, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2008-5077.
ChangeLog:
* Mon Jan 12 2009 Miroslav Lichvar 4.2.4p6-1.fc9
- update to 4.2.4p6 (CVE-2009-0021)
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-5077, CVE-2009-0021 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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