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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2723-1 linuxptp -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

31 Jul 2021

Affected Packages:

linuxptp

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2021-3570.

More information:

Miroslav Lichvar reported that the ptp4l program in linuxptp, an implementation of the Precision Time Protocol (PTP), does not validate the messageLength field of incoming messages, allowing a remote attacker to cause a denial of service, information leak, or potentially remote code execution.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1.8-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your linuxptp packages.

For the detailed security status of linuxptp please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/linuxptp

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