Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in NTP, the worst of which could result in the remote execution of arbitrary code.
Package | net-misc/ntp on all architectures |
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Affected versions | < 4.2.8_p13 |
Unaffected versions | >= 4.2.8_p13 |
NTP contains software for the Network Time Protocol.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in NTP. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
An attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition, escalate privileges, or remotely execute arbitrary code.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All NTP users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/ntp-4.2.8_p13"