Bug 1274257 (CVE-2015-7849)

Summary:	CVE-2015-7849 ntp: trusted keys memory corruption vulnerability
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Martin Prpič <mprpic>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	mlichvar, sardella, slawomir
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OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	ntp 4.2.8p4	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Bug Blocks:	1260670

Description Martin Prpič 2015-10-22 11:30:01 UTC

The following flaw was found in ntpd:

An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the password management functionality of the Network Time Protocol. A specially crafted key file could cause a buffer overflow resulting in memory corruption. An attacker could provide a malicious password file to trigger this vulnerability.

External References:

http://talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2015-0054/
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#October_2015_NTP_Security_Vulner

Comment 1 Martin Prpič 2015-10-23 07:53:09 UTC

Statement:

This issue did not affect the versions of ntp as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7 as these version do not include the affected code.

Comment 2 Martin Prpič 2015-10-23 08:20:19 UTC

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/ntp-project/ntp/commit/1bb401576f412532d8cdcca5509b85ad29605913