NTP: Multiple vulnerabilities

NTP: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in NTP, the worst of which could lead to remote code execution. ntp 2018-05-26 2018-05-26 649612 remote 4.2.8_p11 4.2.8_p11

NTP contains software for the Network Time Protocol.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in NTP. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition.

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_p11"

CVE-2018-7170 CVE-2018-7182 CVE-2018-7183 CVE-2018-7184 CVE-2018-7185 b-man b-man