Updated ntp packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.
The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize a computer’s time with a referenced time source.
It was discovered that ntpd as a client did not correctly check the originate timestamp in received packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to send a crafted packet to an ntpd client that would effectively disable synchronization with the server, or push arbitrary offset/delay measurements to modify the time on the client.
(CVE-2015-8138)
All ntp users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. After installing the update, the ntpd daemon will restart automatically.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2016:0063 and
# CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2016:0063 respectively.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(88147);
script_version("2.13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-8138");
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2016:0063");
script_name(english:"CentOS 6 / 7 : ntp (CESA-2016:0063)");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Updated ntp packages that fix one security issue are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important
security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base
score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the
CVE link in the References section.
The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize a computer's
time with a referenced time source.
It was discovered that ntpd as a client did not correctly check the
originate timestamp in received packets. A remote attacker could use
this flaw to send a crafted packet to an ntpd client that would
effectively disable synchronization with the server, or push arbitrary
offset/delay measurements to modify the time on the client.
(CVE-2015-8138)
All ntp users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. After installing the
update, the ntpd daemon will restart automatically."
);
# https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2016-January/021623.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?7a7bd6cb"
);
# https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2016-January/021624.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?05b20906"
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected ntp packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2015-8138");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ntp");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ntp-doc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ntp-perl");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ntpdate");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sntp");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:7");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/01/30");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/01/25");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/01/26");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"CentOS Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/CentOS/release", "Host/CentOS/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/release");
if (isnull(release) || "CentOS" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "CentOS(?: Linux)? release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "CentOS");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(6|7)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS 6.x / 7.x", "CentOS " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "CentOS", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-6", reference:"ntp-4.2.6p5-5.el6.centos.4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-6", reference:"ntp-doc-4.2.6p5-5.el6.centos.4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-6", reference:"ntp-perl-4.2.6p5-5.el6.centos.4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-6", reference:"ntpdate-4.2.6p5-5.el6.centos.4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"ntp-4.2.6p5-22.el7.centos.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"ntp-doc-4.2.6p5-22.el7.centos.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"ntp-perl-4.2.6p5-22.el7.centos.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"ntpdate-4.2.6p5-22.el7.centos.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"sntp-4.2.6p5-22.el7.centos.1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : rpm_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "ntp / ntp-doc / ntp-perl / ntpdate / sntp");
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
centos | centos | ntp-perl | p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ntp-perl |
centos | centos | ntpdate | p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ntpdate |
centos | centos | sntp | p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sntp |
centos | centos | 6 | cpe:/o:centos:centos:6 |
centos | centos | 7 | cpe:/o:centos:centos:7 |
centos | centos | ntp | p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ntp |
centos | centos | ntp-doc | p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ntp-doc |