RHBA-2007:0189 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated ntp packages that fix several bugs are now available.

Description

The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize a computer's time
with a referenced time source.

The following issues have been addressed in this update:

• The ntpdate command did not work with multicast address.
• The ntp daemon did not recover from time offsets larger than 0.5s when -x

option was used.

• The ntp daemon produced floating-point assist fault messages on the ia64

architecture.

• The ntptrace man page listed options not supported by

the command.

Users of ntp are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve these issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc

Fixes

• BZ - 154625 - ntpd -x won't synchronise & reports frequency error messages
• BZ - 177309 - ntptrace output errors: only command line option that works is '-n'
• BZ - 194329 - ntpdate doesn't work with multicast server

CVEs

(none)

References

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