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<h1>Security update for ntp</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2023:2609-1</td>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>moderate</td>
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<th>References:</th>
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<ul>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1210390">#1210390</a>
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Cross-References:
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<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-26555.html">CVE-2023-26555</a>
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<th>CVSS scores:</th>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2023-26555</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
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<span class="cvss-score">5.5</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H</span>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2023-26555</span>
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(
NVD
):
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<span class="cvss-score">6.4</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
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<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5</li>
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<p>An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for ntp fixes the following issues:</p>
<p>ntp was updated to 4.2.8p17:</p>
<ul>
<li>Fix some regressions of 4.2.8p16</li>
</ul>
<p>Update to 4.2.8p16:</p>
<ul>
<li>[Sec 3808] Assertion failure in ntpq on malformed RT-11 date</li>
<li>[Sec 3807], bsc#1210390, CVE-2023-26555:
praecis_parse() in the Palisade refclock driver has a
hypothetical input buffer overflow.</li>
<li>[Sec 3767] An OOB KoD RATE value triggers an assertion when
debug is enabled.</li>
<li>Multiple bug fixes and improvements. For details, see /usr/share/doc/packages/ntp/ChangeLog</li>
</ul>
<p>http://www.ntp.org/support/securitynotice/4_2_8-series-changelog/</p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2023-26555: Fixed assertion failure on malformed RT-11 dates (bsc#1210390).</li>
</ul>
<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE Moderate update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
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<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-2609=1</code>
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-2609=1</code>
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-2609=1</code>
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<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>ntp-4.2.8p17-103.1</li>
<li>ntp-debugsource-4.2.8p17-103.1</li>
<li>ntp-debuginfo-4.2.8p17-103.1</li>
<li>ntp-doc-4.2.8p17-103.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>ntp-4.2.8p17-103.1</li>
<li>ntp-debugsource-4.2.8p17-103.1</li>
<li>ntp-debuginfo-4.2.8p17-103.1</li>
<li>ntp-doc-4.2.8p17-103.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
<ul>
<li>ntp-4.2.8p17-103.1</li>
<li>ntp-debugsource-4.2.8p17-103.1</li>
<li>ntp-debuginfo-4.2.8p17-103.1</li>
<li>ntp-doc-4.2.8p17-103.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-26555.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-26555.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1210390">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1210390</a>
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