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Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2009-0547 (ntp)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to ntp announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-0547.
Insight
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)
Solution
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