[ol7_optional_latest] sntp-4.2.6p5-28.0.1.el7.aarch64

sntp can be used as a SNTP client to query a NTP or SNTP server and either
display the time or set the local system's time (given suitable privilege).
It can be run as an interactive command or in a cron job.

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• Fri Jan 26 2018 EL Errata <el-errata_ww@oracle.com> - 4.2.6p5-28.0.1

  - Bump release to avoid ULN conflict with Oracle modified errata.

• Mon Oct 09 2017 Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com> 4.2.6p5-28

  - fix buffer overflow in datum refclock driver (CVE-2017-6462)
  - fix crash with invalid unpeer command (CVE-2017-6463)
  - fix potential crash with invalid server command (CVE-2017-6464)
  - add Spectracom TSYNC driver (#1491797)
  - fix initialization of system clock status (#1493452)
  - fix typos in ntpd man page (#1420453)
  - use SHA1 request key by default (#1442083)
  - use network-online target in ntpdate and sntp services (#1466947)

• Tue Feb 28 2017 Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com> 4.2.6p5-27

  - fix CVE-2016-7429 patch to work correctly on multicast client (#1422944)

• Wed Jan 11 2017 Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com> 4.2.6p5-26

  - don't limit rate of packets from sources (CVE-2016-7426)
  - don't change interface from received packets (CVE-2016-7429)
  - fix calculation of root distance again (CVE-2016-7433)
  - require authentication for trap commands (CVE-2016-9310)
  - fix crash when reporting peer event to trappers (CVE-2016-9311)

• Tue May 03 2016 Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com> 4.2.6p5-25

  - don't allow spoofed packet to enable symmetric interleaved mode
    (CVE-2016-1548)
  - check mode of new source in config command (CVE-2016-2518)
  - make MAC check resilient against timing attack (CVE-2016-1550)

• Tue Mar 15 2016 Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com> 4.2.6p5-24

  - fix crash with invalid logconfig command (CVE-2015-5194)
  - fix crash when referencing disabled statistic type (CVE-2015-5195)
  - don't hang in sntp with crafted reply (CVE-2015-5219)
  - don't crash with crafted autokey packet (CVE-2015-7691, CVE-2015-7692,
    CVE-2015-7702)
  - fix memory leak with autokey (CVE-2015-7701)
  - don't allow setting driftfile and pidfile remotely (CVE-2015-7703)
  - don't crash in ntpq with crafted packet (CVE-2015-7852)
  - check key ID in packets authenticated with symmetric key (CVE-2015-7974)
  - fix crash with reslist command (CVE-2015-7977, CVE-2015-7978)
  - don't allow spoofed packets to demobilize associations (CVE-2015-7979,
    CVE-2016-1547)
  - don't accept server/peer packets with zero origin timestamp (CVE-2015-8138)
  - fix infinite loop in ntpq/ntpdc (CVE-2015-8158)
  - fix resetting of leap status (#1242553)
  - extend rawstats log (#1242877)
  - report clock state changes related to leap seconds (#1242935)
  - allow -4/-6 on restrict lines with mask (#1304492)
  - explain synchronised state in ntpstat man page (#1309594)

• Fri Oct 16 2015 Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com> 4.2.6p5-22

  - check origin timestamp before accepting KoD RATE packet (CVE-2015-7704)
  - allow only one step larger than panic threshold with -g (CVE-2015-5300)

• Thu Jun 04 2015 Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com> 4.2.6p5-20

  - validate lengths of values in extension fields (CVE-2014-9297)
  - drop packets with spoofed source address ::1 (CVE-2014-9298)
  - reject packets without MAC when authentication is enabled (CVE-2015-1798)
  - protect symmetric associations with symmetric key against DoS attack (CVE-2015-1799)
  - fix generation of MD5 keys with ntp-keygen on big-endian systems (CVE-2015-3405)
  - add option to set Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) (#1202828)
  - add nanosecond support to SHM refclock (#1117702)
  - allow creating all SHM segments with owner-only access (#1122012)
  - allow different thresholds for forward and backward step (#1193154)
  - allow symmetric keys up to 32 bytes again (#1191111)
  - don't step clock for leap second with -x option (#1191122)
  - don't drop packets with source port below 123 (#1171640)
  - retry joining multicast groups (#1207014)
  - increase memlock limit again (#1053569)
  - warn when monitor can't be disabled due to limited restrict (#1191108)
  - use larger RSA exponent in ntp-keygen (#1191116)
  - fix crash in ntpq mreadvar command (#1180721)
  - move sntp kod database to allow SELinux labeling (#1082934)
  - fix typos in ntpd man page (#1195211)
  - improve documentation of restrict command (#1213953)

• Fri Dec 19 2014 Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com> 4.2.6p5-19

  - don't generate weak control key for resolver (CVE-2014-9293)
  - don't generate weak MD5 keys in ntp-keygen (CVE-2014-9294)
  - fix buffer overflows via specially-crafted packets (CVE-2014-9295)
  - don't mobilize passive association when authentication fails (CVE-2014-9296)

• Tue Feb 11 2014 Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com> 4.2.6p5-18

  - disable monitor in default ntp.conf (#1047856)