CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
77.2%
This update for ntp fixes the following issues :
Security issue fixed :
CVE-2019-8936: Fixed a NULL pointer exception which could allow an authenticated attcker to cause segmentation fault to ntpd (bsc#1128525).
Other issues addressed: Fixed several bugs in the BANCOMM reclock driver.
Fixed ntp_loopfilter.c snprintf compilation warnings.
Fixed spurious initgroups() error message.
Fixed STA_NANO struct timex units.
Fixed GPS week rollover in libparse.
Fixed incorrect poll interval in packet.
Added a missing check for ENABLE_CMAC.
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2019:0775-1.
# The text itself is copyright (C) SUSE.
#
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(123449);
script_version("1.5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/06/07");
script_cve_id("CVE-2019-8936");
script_name(english:"SUSE SLES12 Security Update : ntp (SUSE-SU-2019:0775-1)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"This update for ntp fixes the following issues :
Security issue fixed :
CVE-2019-8936: Fixed a NULL pointer exception which could allow an
authenticated attcker to cause segmentation fault to ntpd
(bsc#1128525).
Other issues addressed: Fixed several bugs in the BANCOMM reclock
driver.
Fixed ntp_loopfilter.c snprintf compilation warnings.
Fixed spurious initgroups() error message.
Fixed STA_NANO struct timex units.
Fixed GPS week rollover in libparse.
Fixed incorrect poll interval in packet.
Added a missing check for ENABLE_CMAC.
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1128525");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8936/");
# https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-20190775-1/
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?bdf1ec04");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS:zypper in -t patch
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2019-775=1");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/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:N/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-8936");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/05/15");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/03/27");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/03/28");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ntp");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ntp-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ntp-debugsource");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ntp-doc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/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/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)\d+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "SUSE");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(SLES12)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE SLES12", "SUSE " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "x86_64" >!< cpu && "s390x" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "SUSE " + os_ver, cpu);
sp = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
if (isnull(sp)) sp = "0";
if (os_ver == "SLES12" && (! preg(pattern:"^(0)$", string:sp))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES12 SP0", os_ver + " SP" + sp);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"0", reference:"ntp-4.2.8p13-46.32.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"0", reference:"ntp-debuginfo-4.2.8p13-46.32.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"0", reference:"ntp-debugsource-4.2.8p13-46.32.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"0", reference:"ntp-doc-4.2.8p13-46.32.1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "ntp");
}
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
77.2%