CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
99.6%
From Red Hat Security Advisory 2014:2025 :
Updated ntp packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
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.
Multiple buffer overflow flaws were discovered in ntpd’s crypto_recv(), ctl_putdata(), and configure() functions. A remote attacker could use either of these flaws to send a specially crafted request packet that could crash ntpd or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the ntp user. Note: the crypto_recv() flaw requires non-default configurations to be active, while the ctl_putdata() flaw, by default, can only be exploited via local attackers, and the configure() flaw requires additional authentication to exploit. (CVE-2014-9295)
It was found that ntpd automatically generated weak keys for its internal use if no ntpdc request authentication key was specified in the ntp.conf configuration file. A remote attacker able to match the configured IP restrictions could guess the generated key, and possibly use it to send ntpdc query or configuration requests. (CVE-2014-9293)
It was found that ntp-keygen used a weak method for generating MD5 keys. This could possibly allow an attacker to guess generated MD5 keys that could then be used to spoof an NTP client or server. Note:
it is recommended to regenerate any MD5 keys that had explicitly been generated with ntp-keygen; the default installation does not contain such keys). (CVE-2014-9294)
All ntp users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to resolve these issues. 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-2014:2025 and
# Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2014-2025 respectively.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(80155);
script_version("1.19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-9293", "CVE-2014-9294", "CVE-2014-9295");
script_bugtraq_id(71757, 71761, 71762);
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2014:2025");
script_name(english:"Oracle Linux 5 : ntp (ELSA-2014-2025)");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"From Red Hat Security Advisory 2014:2025 :
Updated ntp packages that fix several security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
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.
Multiple buffer overflow flaws were discovered in ntpd's
crypto_recv(), ctl_putdata(), and configure() functions. A remote
attacker could use either of these flaws to send a specially crafted
request packet that could crash ntpd or, potentially, execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the ntp user. Note: the
crypto_recv() flaw requires non-default configurations to be active,
while the ctl_putdata() flaw, by default, can only be exploited via
local attackers, and the configure() flaw requires additional
authentication to exploit. (CVE-2014-9295)
It was found that ntpd automatically generated weak keys for its
internal use if no ntpdc request authentication key was specified in
the ntp.conf configuration file. A remote attacker able to match the
configured IP restrictions could guess the generated key, and possibly
use it to send ntpdc query or configuration requests. (CVE-2014-9293)
It was found that ntp-keygen used a weak method for generating MD5
keys. This could possibly allow an attacker to guess generated MD5
keys that could then be used to spoof an NTP client or server. Note:
it is recommended to regenerate any MD5 keys that had explicitly been
generated with ntp-keygen; the default installation does not contain
such keys). (CVE-2014-9294)
All ntp users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
contains backported patches to resolve these issues. After installing
the update, the ntpd daemon will restart automatically."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2014-December/004763.html"
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected ntp package.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
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:oracle:linux:ntp");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/12/19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/12/20");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/12/22");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Oracle Linux Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/OracleLinux", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/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);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/OracleLinux")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Oracle Linux");
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || !pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux)", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Oracle Linux");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux) .*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Oracle Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^5([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Oracle Linux 5", "Oracle Linux " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && "ia64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Oracle Linux", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"EL5", reference:"ntp-4.2.2p1-18.el5_11")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "ntp");
}