Issued:
2021-11-09
Updated:
2021-11-09

RHBA-2021:4462 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

chrony bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An update for chrony is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Description

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Solution

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

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1895003 - Rebase chrony to 4.1
  • BZ - 1929157 - Chronyd tries to use IPv4 address for NTP server in IPv6-only environment
  • BZ - 1939295 - /var/lib/chrony permissions triggering enterprise security scanners
  • BZ - 1971697 - chrony-helper removes servers added in previous run

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8

SRPM
chrony-4.1-1.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4a9f8c461c7531bfbdccddf966fc83eb3fc685446bc6f20646642c36641adbed
x86_64
chrony-4.1-1.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: afb34faa32b75d1c9c1d9c729bd27616c0fd1965a7fca433c56c318bf061df99
chrony-debuginfo-4.1-1.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6fa06a793c482a08b6993b186b7d35c9013d1710e49693da3c78f2d5d66a3928
chrony-debugsource-4.1-1.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3fae47f55bba8bfd37d4f82930a780e99f85f576ff79f44c97c2be968d88004c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8

SRPM
chrony-4.1-1.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4a9f8c461c7531bfbdccddf966fc83eb3fc685446bc6f20646642c36641adbed
s390x
chrony-4.1-1.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 593cb335a72a09c020723cfc97f661a7bc2b3e5f7ed668954780dd2227f012df
chrony-debuginfo-4.1-1.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: af052752906fb3e8239a624080ca61be66a01d34c3beb2a972ec3007423e2f5a
chrony-debugsource-4.1-1.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 40be4b646e8c8ee62909a9b2ebea8a6271d1edac7e5e5ee3344ba3c5c19aa728

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8

SRPM
chrony-4.1-1.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4a9f8c461c7531bfbdccddf966fc83eb3fc685446bc6f20646642c36641adbed
ppc64le
chrony-4.1-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 0f879db42a05a2c1cf0c9a057001af98fd435cd95641e2b407a96dc2bff575c7
chrony-debuginfo-4.1-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 323391a787d5c5f73d6ecce7ae175ac28eaf7e3a2dc822ab6d31fb619227c0bd
chrony-debugsource-4.1-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 1bffd290be39902416b88edcc9aa79b44774c9b0be0f5b31a51b2907bc5640b0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8

SRPM
chrony-4.1-1.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4a9f8c461c7531bfbdccddf966fc83eb3fc685446bc6f20646642c36641adbed
aarch64
chrony-4.1-1.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 9fca372662ffefa7b4596a82c5b19665548aae537b451eb312756b7ecb437c3d
chrony-debuginfo-4.1-1.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 75e1c99899fc5621ecd6b44e36792507979fbd432588c37ee4914bf4bcf19b2c
chrony-debugsource-4.1-1.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 6bd890c4d9bb7b42b4362df08a2150d26bb792d2af0051576b3a6d7e1a462721

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