Network Time Protocol ntpd Reference Clock Impersonation Vulnerability

SUMMARY ntpd relies on the underlying operating system to protect it from requests that impersonate reference clocks. Because reference clocks are treated like other peers and stored in the same structure, any packet with a source ip address of a reference clock 127.127.1.1 for example that reach...

RHEL 6 : ntp (RHSA-2015:1459)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2015:1459 advisory. The Network Time Protocol NTP is used to synchronize a computer's time with another referenced time source. It was found that because NTP's...