<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201903-15"> <title>NTP: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in NTP, the worst of which could result in the remote execution of arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">ntp</product> <announced>2019-03-19</announced> <revised count="1">2019-03-19</revised> <bug>658576</bug> <bug>679742</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="net-misc/ntp" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">4.2.8_p13</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">4.2.8_p13</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>An attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition, escalate privileges, or remotely execute arbitrary code. </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_p13" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12327">CVE-2018-12327</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8936">CVE-2019-8936</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2019-03-10T05:15:13Z">BlueKnight</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2019-03-19T03:13:50Z">b-man</metadata> </glsa>