rPSA-2009-0010-1 ntp ntp-utils

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rPath Security Advisory: 2009-0010-1
Published: 2009-01-20
Products:
    rPath Appliance Platform Linux Service 1
    rPath Appliance Platform Linux Service 2
    rPath Linux 1
    rPath Linux 2

Rating: Severe
Exposure Level Classification:
    Indirect Deterministic Vulnerability
Updated Versions:
    ntp=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/4.2.4p6-1.1-1
    ntp=conary.rpath.com@rpl:2/4.2.4p6-1-0.1
    ntp-utils=conary.rpath.com@rpl:2/4.2.4p6-1-0.1

rPath Issue Tracking System:
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2940

References:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0021

Description:
    Previous versions of NTP do not properly check the return value from the
    OpenSSL EVP_VerifyFinal funciton, which allows remote attackers to bypass
    validation of the certificate chain via a malformed SSL/TLS signature for
    DSA and ECDSA keys. 

http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0010

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