NTP: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in NTP, the worst of which could result in the remote execution of arbitrary code. ntp 2019-03-19 2019-03-19 658576 679742 remote 4.2.8_p13 4.2.8_p13

NTP contains software for the Network Time Protocol.

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

An attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition, escalate privileges, or remotely execute arbitrary code.

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_p13"
CVE-2018-12327 CVE-2019-8936 BlueKnight b-man