RHSA-2009:1040Critical

Red Hat Security Advisory: ntp security update

Published
May 18, 2009
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2009-0159 →CVE-2009-1252 →

📋 Description

CVE-2009-0159 — ntp: buffer overflow in ntpq CVE-2009-1252 — ntp: remote arbitrary code execution vulnerability if autokeys is enabled

🎯 Affected products58

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS EUS (v. 4.7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES EUS (v. 4.7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • ntp-0:4.2.0.a.20040617-8.el4_7.2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS EUS (v. 4.7)
  • ntp-0:4.2.0.a.20040617-8.el4_7.2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • ntp-0:4.2.0.a.20040617-8.el4_7.2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • ntp-0:4.2.0.a.20040617-8.el4_7.2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES EUS (v. 4.7)
  • ntp-0:4.2.0.a.20040617-8.el4_7.2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • ntp-0:4.2.0.a.20040617-8.el4_7.2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • ntp-0:4.2.0.a.20040617-8.el4_7.2.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS EUS (v. 4.7)
  • ntp-0:4.2.0.a.20040617-8.el4_7.2.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • ntp-0:4.2.0.a.20040617-8.el4_7.2.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES EUS (v. 4.7)
  • ntp-0:4.2.0.a.20040617-8.el4_7.2.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • ntp-0:4.2.0.a.20040617-8.el4_7.2.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • ntp-0:4.2.0.a.20040617-8.el4_7.2.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS EUS (v. 4.7)
  • ntp-0:4.2.0.a.20040617-8.el4_7.2.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • ntp-0:4.2.0.a.20040617-8.el4_7.2.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS EUS (v. 4.7)
  • ntp-0:4.2.0.a.20040617-8.el4_7.2.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • ntp-0:4.2.0.a.20040617-8.el4_7.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS EUS (v. 4.7)
  • ntp-0:4.2.0.a.20040617-8.el4_7.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • ntp-0:4.2.0.a.20040617-8.el4_7.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS EUS (v. 4.7)
  • ntp-0:4.2.0.a.20040617-8.el4_7.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • ntp-0:4.2.0.a.20040617-8.el4_7.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • ntp-0:4.2.0.a.20040617-8.el4_7.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES EUS (v. 4.7)
  • ntp-0:4.2.0.a.20040617-8.el4_7.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • ntp-0:4.2.0.a.20040617-8.el4_7.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • ntp-0:4.2.0.a.20040617-8.el4_7.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS EUS (v. 4.7)
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

🔗 References (5)