Multiple NTP vulnerabilities with potential root access
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2014 8:50 pm
As of Dec. 18-19, multiple NTP vulnerabilities were disclosed including at least one that may provide an attacker with an exploit pathway for gaining root-level access on a machine:
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/Se ... tl_putdata
Updating to NTP 4.2.8 or later is recommended.
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/Se ... tl_putdata
Updating to NTP 4.2.8 or later is recommended.