SUSE-SU-2014:0937-1: moderate: Security update for ntp

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for ntp
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2014:0937-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #838458 #857195 
Cross-References:   CVE-2013-5211
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata
   is now available.

Description:


   The NTP time service could have been used for remote denial of service
   amplification attacks.

   This issue can be fixed by the administrator as we described in our
   security advisory SUSE-SA:2014:001:
   http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-01/msg00005.html
   <http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-01/msg00005.html
   >

   and on

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5211.html
   <http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5211.html>

   This update now also replaces the default ntp.conf template to fix this
   problem.

   Please note that if you have touched or modified ntp.conf yourself, it
   will not be automatically fixed, you need to merge the changes manually as
   described.

   Additionally the following bug has been fixed:

       * ntp start script does not update the /var/lib/ntp/etc/localtime file
         if /etc/localtime is a symlink (bnc#838458)

   Security Issues:

       * CVE-2013-5211
         <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-5211>


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-ntp-9540

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-ntp-9540

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-ntp-9540

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

      ntp-4.2.4p8-1.24.1
      ntp-doc-4.2.4p8-1.24.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      ntp-4.2.4p8-1.24.1
      ntp-doc-4.2.4p8-1.24.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):

      ntp-4.2.4p8-1.24.1
      ntp-doc-4.2.4p8-1.24.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5211.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/838458
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/857195
   http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=e8a33c36efe4158bcc991b731d0881a0