Summary
The remote host is missing an update to ntp
announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-5273.
Solution
Apply the appropriate updates.
This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use su -c 'yum update ntp' at the command line.
For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum, available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2009-5273
Insight
Update Information:
This update fixes a denial of service issue if autokey is enabled (default is disabled) and a crash in ntpq.
ChangeLog:
* Tue May 19 2009 Miroslav Lichvar 4.2.4p7-1
- update to 4.2.4p7 (CVE-2009-1252, CVE-2009-0159) - don't log STA_MODE changes
- check status in condrestart (#481261)
- convert COPYRIGHT to UTF-8
* Mon Jan 12 2009 Miroslav Lichvar 4.2.4p6-1
- update to 4.2.4p6 (CVE-2009-0021)
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-0021, CVE-2009-0159, CVE-2009-1252 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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