ELA-224-1 ntp security update

Denial-of-service vulnerability

2020-04-23
Packagentp
Version1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-2+deb7u8
Related CVEs CVE-2020-11868


A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability was discovered in the network time protocol server/client, ntp.

ntp allowed an “off-path” attacker to block unauthenticated synchronisation via a server mode packet with a spoofed source IP address because transmissions were rescheduled even if a packet lacked a valid “origin timestamp”.



For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-2+deb7u8.

We recommend that you upgrade your ntp packages.

Further information about Extended LTS security advisories can be found in the dedicated section of our website.