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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3222-1 (chrony - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Miroslav Lichvar of Red Hat discovered multiple vulnerabilities in chrony, an alternative NTP client and server: CVE-2015-1821 Using particular address/subnet pairs when configuring access control would cause an invalid memory write. This could allow attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2015-1822 When allocating memory to save unacknowledged replies to authenticated command requests, a pointer would be left uninitialized, which could trigger an invalid memory write. This could allow attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2015-1853 When peering with other NTP hosts using authenticated symmetric association, the internal state variables would be updated before the MAC of the NTP messages was validated. This could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service by impeding synchronization between NTP peers.
Affected Software
Affected Software
chrony on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1.24-3.1+deb7u3. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.30-2. We recommend that you upgrade your chrony packages.