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SUSE-SU-2021:4147-1 -- SLES chrony

ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:89045891Date: (C)2021-12-31   (M)2022-12-12
Class: PATCHFamily: unix




This update for chrony fixes the following issues: Chrony was updated to 4.1: * Add support for NTS servers specified by IP address * Add source-specific configuration of trusted certificates * Allow multiple files and directories with trusted certificates * Allow multiple pairs of server keys and certificates * Add copy option to server/pool directive * Increase PPS lock limit to 40% of pulse interval * Perform source selection immediately after loading dump files * Reload dump files for addresses negotiated by NTS-KE server * Update seccomp filter and add less restrictive level * Restart ongoing name resolution on online command * Fix dump files to not include uncorrected offset * Fix initstepslew to accept time from own NTP clients * Reset NTP address and port when no longer negotiated by NTS-KE server - Update clknetsim to snapshot f89702d. - Ensure the correct pool packages are installed for openSUSE and SLE . - Enable syscallfilter unconditionally . Chrony was updated to 4.0: Enhancements - Add support for Network Time Security authentication - Add support for AES-CMAC keys with Nettle - Add authselectmode directive to control selection of unauthenticated sources - Add binddevice, bindacqdevice, bindcmddevice directives - Add confdir directive to better support fragmented configuration - Add sourcedir directive and reload sources command to support dynamic NTP sources specified in files - Add clockprecision directive - Add dscp directive to set Differentiated Services Code Point - Add -L option to limit log messages by severity - Add -p option to print whole configuration with included files - Add -U option to allow start under non-root user - Allow maxsamples to be set to 1 for faster update with -q/-Q option - Avoid replacing NTP sources with sources that have unreachable address - Improve pools to repeat name resolution to get maxsources sources - Improve source selection with trusted sources - Improve NTP loop test to prevent synchronisation to itself - Repeat iburst when NTP source is switched from offline state to online - Update clock synchronisation status and leap status more frequently - Update seccomp filter - Add add pool command - Add reset sources command to drop all measurements - Add authdata command to print details about NTP authentication - Add selectdata command to print details about source selection - Add -N option and sourcename command to print original names of sources - Add -a option to some commands to print also unresolved sources - Add -k, -p, -r options to clients command to select, limit, reset data - Bug fixes - Don#226;#128;#153;t set interface for NTP responses to allow asymmetric routing - Handle RTCs that don#226;#128;#153;t support interrupts - Respond to command requests with correct address on multihomed hosts - Removed features - Drop support for RIPEMD keys - Drop support for long MACs in NTPv4 packets - By default we don"t write log files but log to journald, so only recommend logrotate. - Adjust and rename the sysconfig file, so that it matches the expectations of chronyd.service . Chrony was updated to 3.5.1: * Create new file when writing pidfile - Add chrony-pool-suse and chrony-pool-openSUSE subpackages that preconfigure chrony to use NTP servers from the respective pools for SUSE and openSUSE . - Add chrony-pool-empty to still allow installing chrony without preconfigured servers. - Use iburst in the default pool statements to speed up initial synchronisation . - Update clknetsim to version 79ffe44 . Update to 3.5: + Add support for more accurate reading of PHC on Linux 5.0 + Add support for hardware timestamping on interfaces with read-only timestamping configuration + Add support for memory locking and real-time priority on FreeBSD, NetBSD, Solaris + Update seccomp filter to work on more architectures + Validate refclock driver options + Fix bindaddress directive on FreeBSD + Fix transposition of hardware RX timestamp on Linux 4.13 and later + Fix building on non-glibc systems - Fix location of helper script in chrony-dnssrv at .service . - Read runtime servers from /var/run/netconfig/chrony.servers - Move chrony-helper to /usr/lib/chrony/helper, because there should be no executables in /usr/share. - Remove discrepancies between spec file and chrony-tmpfiles Update to version 3.4 * Enhancements + Add filter option to server/pool/peer directive + Add minsamples and maxsamples options to hwtimestamp directive + Add support for faster frequency adjustments in Linux 4.19 + Change default pidfile to /var/run/chrony/chronyd.pid to allow chronyd without root privileges to remove it on exit + Disable sub-second polling intervals for distant NTP sources + Extend range of supported sub-second polling intervals + Get/set IPv4 destination/source address of NTP packets on FreeBSD + Make burst options and command useful with short polling intervals + Modify auto_offline option to activate when sending request failed + Respond from interface that received NTP request if possible + Add onoffline command to switch between online and offline state according to current system network configuration + Improve example NetworkManager dispatcher script * Bug fixes + Avoid waiting in Linux getrandom system call + Fix PPS support on FreeBSD and NetBSD Update to version 3.3 * Enhancements: + Add burst option to server/pool directive + Add stratum and tai options to refclock directive + Add support for Nettle crypto library + Add workaround for missing kernel receive timestamps on Linux + Wait for late hardware transmit timestamps + Improve source selection with unreachable sources + Improve protection against replay attacks on symmetric mode + Allow PHC refclock to use socket in /var/run/chrony + Add shutdown command to stop chronyd + Simplify format of response to manual list command + Improve handling of unknown responses in chronyc * Bug fixes: + Respond to NTPv1 client requests with zero mode + Fix -x option to not require CAP_SYS_TIME under non-root user + Fix acquisitionport directive to work with privilege separation + Fix handling of socket errors on Linux to avoid high CPU usage + Fix chronyc to not get stuck in infinite loop after clock step - Added /etc/chrony.d/ directory to the package Modifed default chrony.conf to add include /etc/chrony.d/* - Enable pps support Upgraded to version 3.2: Enhancements * Improve stability with NTP sources and reference clocks * Improve stability with hardware timestamping * Improve support for NTP interleaved modes * Control frequency of system clock on macOS 10.13 and later * Set TAI-UTC offset of system clock with leapsectz directive * Minimise data in client requests to improve privacy * Allow transmit-only hardware timestamping * Add support for new timestamping options introduced in Linux 4.13 * Add root delay, root dispersion and maximum error to tracking log * Add mindelay and asymmetry options to server/peer/pool directive * Add extpps option to PHC refclock to timestamp external PPS signal * Add pps option to refclock directive to treat any refclock as PPS * Add width option to refclock directive to filter wrong pulse edges * Add rxfilter option to hwtimestamp directive * Add -x option to disable control of system clock * Add -l option to log to specified file instead of syslog * Allow multiple command-line options to be specified together * Allow starting without root privileges with -Q option * Update seccomp filter for new glibc versions * Dump history on exit by default with dumpdir directive * Use hardening compiler options by default Bug fixes * Don"t drop PHC samples with low-resolution system clock * Ignore outliers in PHC tracking, RTC tracking, manual input * Increase polling interval when peer is not responding * Exit with error message when include directive fails * Don"t allow slash after hostname in allow/deny directive/command * Try to connect to all addresses in chronyc before giving up Upgraded to version 3.1: - Enhancements - Add support for precise cross timestamping of PHC on Linux - Add minpoll, precision, nocrossts options to hwtimestamp directive - Add rawmeasurements option to log directive and modify measurements option to log only valid measurements from synchronised sources - Allow sub-second polling interval with NTP sources - Bug fixes - Fix time smoothing in interleaved mode Upgraded to version 3.0: - Enhancements - Add support for software and hardware timestamping on Linux - Add support for client/server and symmetric interleaved modes - Add support for MS-SNTP authentication in Samba - Add support for truncated MACs in NTPv4 packets - Estimate and correct for asymmetric network jitter - Increase default minsamples and polltarget to improve stability with very low jitter - Add maxjitter directive to limit source selection by jitter - Add offset option to server/pool/peer directive - Add maxlockage option to refclock directive - Add -t option to chronyd to exit after specified time - Add partial protection against replay attacks on symmetric mode - Don"t reset polling interval when switching sources to online state - Allow rate limiting with very short intervals - Improve maximum server throughput on Linux and NetBSD - Remove dump files after start - Add tab-completion to chronyc with libedit/readline - Add ntpdata command to print details about NTP measurements - Allow all source options to be set in add server/peer command - Indicate truncated addresses/hostnames in chronyc output - Print reference IDs as hexadecimal numbers to avoid confusion with IPv4 addresses - Bug fixes - Fix crash with disabled asynchronous name resolving Upgraded to version 2.4.1: - Bug fixes - Fix processing of kernel timestamps on non-Linux systems - Fix crash with smoothtime directive - Fix validation of refclock sample times - Fix parsing of refclock directive update to 2.4: - Enhancements - Add orphan option to local directive for orphan mode compatible with ntpd - Add distance option to local directive to set activation threshold - Add maxdrift directive to set maximum allowed drift of system clock - Try to replace NTP sources exceeding maximum distance - Randomise source replacement to avoid getting stuck with bad sources - Randomise selection of sources from pools on start - Ignore reference timestamp as ntpd doesn"t always set it correctly - Modify tracking report to use same values as seen by NTP clients - Add -c option to chronyc to write reports in CSV format - Provide detailed manual pages - Bug fixes - Fix SOCK refclock to work correctly when not specified as last refclock - Fix initstepslew and -q/-Q options to accept time from own NTP clients - Fix authentication with keys using 512-bit hash functions - Fix crash on exit when multiple signals are received - Fix conversion of very small floating-point numbers in command packets

Platform:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
Product:
chrony
Reference:
SUSE-SU-2021:4147-1
CVE-2020-14367
CVE    1
CVE-2020-14367

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