[ol7_optional_latest] sntp-4.2.6p5-29.0.3.el7_8.2.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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• Wed Jan 26 2022 Jan Setje-Eilers <jan.setjeeilers@oracle.com> 4.2.6p5-29.0.3.el7_8.2

  - Add OL specific patch to allow suppression of real-time-clock updates despite running ntpd [Orabug: 33793295]

• Tue Jun 23 2020 EL Errata <el-errata_ww@oracle.com> - 4.2.6p5-29.0.1

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

• Mon Jun 01 2020 Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com> 4.2.6p5-29.el7_8.2

  - don't update transmission time on invalid response (CVE-2020-11868)
  - randomize transmit timestamp in client requests (CVE-?, #1813787)

• Fri Jan 11 2019 Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com> 4.2.6p5-29

  - fix CVE-2016-7429 patch to restore default ttl configuration (#1550637)
  - fix buffer overflow in parsing of address in ntpq and ntpdc (CVE-2018-12327)
  - fix crash in parsing of received address in ntpq (#1616250)
  - avoid reading freed memory after disabling netlink socket (#1555401)
  - don't disable netlink socket on ENOBUFS error (#1555413)
  - replace ntpstat with shell script using ntpq and supporting chrony (#1592871)

• 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)