Insufficient Entropy Affecting ntp package, versions <0:4.2.6p5-22.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.87% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-NTP-2499268
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed9 Aug 2017

Introduced: 9 Aug 2017

CVE-2015-3405  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-331  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 ntp to version 0:4.2.6p5-22.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2015-2231.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ntp package and not the ntp package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

ntp-keygen in ntp 4.2.8px before 4.2.8p2-RC2 and 4.3.x before 4.3.12 does not generate MD5 keys with sufficient entropy on big endian machines when the lowest order byte of the temp variable is between 0x20 and 0x7f and not #, which might allow remote attackers to obtain the value of generated MD5 keys via a brute force attack with the 93 possible keys.

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