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Mageia Linux Local Check: mgasa-2016-0038
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
8 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
Mageia Linux Local Security Checks mgasa-2016-0038
Insight
Insight
In chrony before 1.31.2, when used with symmetric key encryption, the client would accept packets encrypted with keys for any configured server, allowing a server to impersonate other servers to clients, thus performing a man-in-the-middle attack (CVE-2016-1567).
Solution
Solution
Update the affected packages to the latest available version.