Summary
The remote host is missing an update to ntp
announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:007.
Solution
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2009:007
Insight
A flaw was found in how NTP checked the return value of signature verification. A remote attacker could use this to bypass certificate validation by using a malformed SSL/TLS signature (CVE-2009-0021).
The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue.
Affected: 2008.0, 2008.1, 2009.0, Corporate 3.0, Corporate 4.0, Multi Network Firewall 2.0
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-0021 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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