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NTP EVP_VerifyFinal() Security Bypass Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
General
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
This host has NTP installed and is prone to security bypass vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to improper validation of return value in EVP_VerifyFinal function of openssl.
Affected Software
Affected Software
NTP version 4.2.4 to 4.2.4p5 and 4.2.5 to 4.2.5p150 on Linux.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to NTP version 4.2.4p6 or 4.2.5p151.