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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201402-28

Posted on 28 February 2014
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201402-28
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Severity: Normal
Title: Chrony: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: February 28, 2014
Bugs: #480364
ID: 201402-28

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Chrony, possibly allowing
remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background
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Chrony is a pair of programs which are used to maintain the accuracy of
the system clock on a computer.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-misc/chrony <= 1.29 >= 1.29=

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chrony. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition by
sending specially crafted packets.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Chrony users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/chrony-1.29"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2012-4502
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4502
[ 2 ] CVE-2012-4503
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4503

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201402-28.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

 

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