CVE-2014-9293
Find out more about CVE-2014-9293 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 4 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 6.5 (ntp) | RHSA-2015:0104 | 2015-01-28 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (ntp) | RHSA-2014:2025 | 2014-12-20 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (ntp) | RHSA-2014:2024 | 2014-12-20 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (ntp) | RHSA-2014:2024 | 2014-12-20 |
Mitigation
Issue these commands to explicitly generate a strong key and add it to the
ntpd configuration:
echo trustedkey 65535 >> /etc/ntp.conf
printf "65535\tM\t%s\n" $(tr -cd a-zA-Z0-9 < /dev/urandom | head -c 16) >> /etc/ntp/keys
The generated key has about 95 bits of entropy.
