Bug 1274257 – CVE-2015-7849 ntp: trusted keys memory corruption vulnerability

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Bug 1274257 - (CVE-2015-7849) CVE-2015-7849 ntp: trusted keys memory corruption vulnerability

Summary:	CVE-2015-7849 ntp: trusted keys memory corruption vulnerability

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

Aliases:	CVE-2015-7849

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Blocks:	1260670
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Reported:	2015-10-22 07:30 EDT by Martin Prpič
Modified:	2015-10-23 05:21 EDT (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	ntp 4.2.8p4
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Last Closed:	2015-10-23 03:53:09 EDT
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Description Martin Prpič 2015-10-22 07:30:01 EDT

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 03:53:09 EDT

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 04:20:19 EDT

Upstream patch:

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

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