[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: ntp-4.2.4p7-1.fc10

The Network Time Protocol NTP is used to synchronize a computer's time with another reference time source. This package includes ntpd a daemon which continuously adjusts system time and utilities used to query and configure the ntpd daemon. Perl scripts ntp-wait and ntptrace are in the ntp-perl...

Critical: Red Hat Security Advisory: ntp security update

An updated ntp package that fixes two security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Network Time Protocol NTP is used to synchronize a computer's time with a referenced time...

CVE-2001-0414

CVE-2001-0414 is a hardware-independent NTP daemon (ntpd/xntpd) vulnerability. The OpenVAS/Nessus data consistently describe a buffer overflow in ntpd 4.0.99k and earlier triggered by a long readvar argument, leading to remote denial of service and potential arbitrary code execution. Affected com...