From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 22 17:45:47 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E4848DFA for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2014 17:45:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.lariat.net (mail.lariat.net [66.62.230.51]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABE1F620 for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2014 17:45:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Toshi.lariat.net (IDENT:ppp1000.lariat.net@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.lariat.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA28186; Mon, 22 Dec 2014 10:45:33 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <201412221745.KAA28186@mail.lariat.net> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 10:39:54 -0700 To: Steve Clement , Winfried Neessen From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: ntpd vulnerabilities In-Reply-To: References: <252350272.1812596.1419241828431.JavaMail.zimbra@cleverbridge.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 17:51:10 +0000 Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: "Security issues \[members-only posting\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 17:45:48 -0000 I'd like to propose that FreeBSD move to OpenNTPD, which appears to have none of the fixed or unfixed (!) vulnerabilities that are present in ntpd. There's already a port. --Brett Glass At 03:25 AM 12/22/2014, Steve Clement wrote: >Chances are good it is vulnerable: > >https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/release/10.0.0/contrib/ntp/ntpd/ntpd.c?view=log > >https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/release/10.1.0/contrib/ntp/ntpd/ntpd.c?view=log > > >Regarding the diff: > > diff -ru ntp-dev-4.2.7p486-RC ntp-4.2.8 |wc -l > 7723 > >Cherry picking the patches is easier. > >ntpd source trees: > >http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/ntp_spool/ntp4/ntp-dev/ > >http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/ntp_spool/ntp4/ntp-4.2/ > > >Luckily that is still up… atm ntp.org is down. >Here is the cached version of the notice: >http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice > >-- >Steve Clement >https://www.twitter.com/SteveClement >mailto:steve@localhost.lu >.lu: +352 20 333 55 65 > > > On 22 Dec 2014, at 11:06, Steve Clement wrote: > > > > If someone could share a diff between ntpd 4.2.7 and 4.2.8 > would be a good start. >