<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201509-01"> <title>NTP: Multiple vulnerablities</title> <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in NTP, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">ntp</product> <announced>2015-09-24</announced> <revised count="1">2015-09-24</revised> <bug>545836</bug> <bug>553682</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="net-misc/ntp" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">4.2.8_p3</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">4.2.8_p3</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>NTP contains software for the Network Time Protocol.</p> </background> <description> <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in NTP. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All NTP users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/ntp-4.2.8_p3" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1798">CVE-2015-1798</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1799">CVE-2015-1799</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5146">CVE-2015-5146</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2015-08-05T06:31:39Z"> BlueKnight </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2015-09-24T16:30:37Z">mrueg</metadata> </glsa>