NTP: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in NTP, the worst of which could lead to Denial of Service. ntp 2016-07-20 2016-07-20 563774 572452 581528 584954 remote 4.2.8_p8 4.2.8_p8

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 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_p8"
CVE-2015-7691 CVE-2015-7692 CVE-2015-7701 CVE-2015-7702 CVE-2015-7703 CVE-2015-7704 CVE-2015-7705 CVE-2015-7848 CVE-2015-7849 CVE-2015-7850 CVE-2015-7851 CVE-2015-7852 CVE-2015-7853 CVE-2015-7854 CVE-2015-7855 CVE-2015-7871 CVE-2015-7973 CVE-2015-7974 CVE-2015-7975 CVE-2015-7976 CVE-2015-7977 CVE-2015-7978 CVE-2015-7979 CVE-2015-8138 CVE-2015-8139 CVE-2015-8140 CVE-2015-8158 CVE-2016-1547 CVE-2016-1548 CVE-2016-1549 CVE-2016-1550 CVE-2016-1551 CVE-2016-2516 CVE-2016-2517 CVE-2016-2518 CVE-2016-2519 CVE-2016-4953 CVE-2016-4954 CVE-2016-4955 CVE-2016-4956 CVE-2016-4957 K_F pinkbyte