Bug 1382369 – CVE-2016-0727 ntp: Privilege escalation via cronjob

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Bug 1382369 - (CVE-2016-0727) CVE-2016-0727 ntp: Privilege escalation via cronjob

Summary:	CVE-2016-0727 ntp: Privilege escalation via cronjob

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

Aliases:	CVE-2016-0727

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

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Depends On:	1382370
Blocks:	1382371
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Reported:	2016-10-06 09:34 EDT by Adam Mariš
Modified:	2016-10-07 03:34 EDT (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2016-10-07 03:31:17 EDT
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Description Adam Mariš 2016-10-06 09:34:48 EDT

Multiple bugs in cronjob script bundled with ntp package were found allowing malicious ntp user to make the backup process to overwrite arbitrary files with content controlled by the attacker, thus gaining root privileges.

External References:

http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/NtpCronjobUserNtpToRootPrivilegeEscalation/

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2016-10-06 09:35:11 EDT

Created ntp tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1382370]

Comment 4 Dhiru Kholia 2016-10-07 03:31:17 EDT

Statement:

This issue did not affect the versions of ntp as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, or 7.

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