[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: ntp (SUSE-SA:2014:001)

20-Jan-2014 09:07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ______________________________________________________________________________ SUSE Security Announcement Package: ntp Announcement-ID: SUSE-SA:2014:001 Date: Monday, Jan 20 15:13:37 CET 2014 Affected products:…

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On 2014-01-20 17:26, openSUSE News wrote:
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> 20-Jan-2014 09:07
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> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1
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> SUSE Security Announcement Package: ntp Announcement-ID:
> SUSE-SA:2014:001 Date: Monday, Jan 20 15:13:37 CET 2014 Affected
> products:…
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> ‘More…’ (http://tinyurl.com/qawvlum)

Warning: as far as I can see, there is no rpm update for this. Instead,
you have edit the config yourself. See:

> 2) solution/workaround
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> To ensure that your ntpd installation can not participate in a DDoS attack,
> add the following line to your configuration:
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> restrict default noquery
>
> 3) special instructions and notes
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> After applying the configuration changes, restart the ntp daemon.
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> 4) package location and checksums
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> not applicable


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)