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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -- -NTP 4.2.8p11 (Harlan Stenn <stenn@ntp.org>, 2018/02/27) +NTP 4.2.8p12 (Harlan Stenn <stenn@ntp.org>, 2018/14/09) NOTE: this NEWS file will be undergoing more revisions. @@ -7,6 +7,77 @@ Focus: Security, Bug fixes, enhancements. Severity: MEDIUM +This release fixes a "hole" in the noepeer capability introduced to ntpd +in ntp-4.2.8p11, and a buffer overflow in the openhost() function used by +ntpq and ntpdc. It also provides 26 other bugfixes, and 4 other improvements: + +* [Sec 3505] Buffer overflow in the openhost() call of ntpq and ntpdc. + +* [Sec 3012] Fix a hole in the new "noepeer" processing. + +* Bug Fixes: + [Bug 3521] Fix a logic bug in the INVALIDNAK checks. <stenn@ntp.org> + [Bug 3509] Add support for running as non-root on FreeBSD, Darwin, + other TrustedBSD platforms + - applied patch by Ian Lepore <perlinger@ntp.org> + [Bug 3506] Service Control Manager interacts poorly with NTPD <perlinger@ntp.org> + - changed interaction with SCM to signal pending startup + [Bug 3486] Buffer overflow in ntpq/ntpq.c:tstflags() <perlinger@ntp.org> + - applied patch by Gerry Garvey + [Bug 3485] Undefined sockaddr used in error messages in ntp_config.c <perlinger@ntp.org> + - applied patch by Gerry Garvey + [Bug 3484] ntpq response from ntpd is incorrect when REFID is null <perlinger@ntp.org> + - rework of ntpq 'nextvar()' key/value parsing + [Bug 3482] Fixes for compilation warnings (ntp_io.c & ntpq-subs.c) <perlinger@ntp.org> + - applied patch by Gerry Garvey (with mods) + [Bug 3480] Refclock sample filter not cleared on clock STEP <perlinger@ntp.org> + - applied patch by Gerry Garvey + [Bug 3479] ctl_putrefid() allows unsafe characters through to ntpq <perlinger@ntp.org> + - applied patch by Gerry Garvey (with mods) + [Bug 3476]ctl_putstr() sends empty unquoted string [...] <perlinger@ntp.org> + - applied patch by Gerry Garvey (with mods); not sure if that's bug or feature, though + [Bug 3475] modify prettydate() to suppress output of zero time <perlinger@ntp.org> + - applied patch by Gerry Garvey + [Bug 3474] Missing pmode in mode7 peer info response <perlinger@ntp.org> + - applied patch by Gerry Garvey + [Bug 3471] Check for openssl/[ch]mac.h. HStenn. + - add #define ENABLE_CMAC support in configure. HStenn. + [Bug 3470] ntpd4.2.8p11 fails to compile without OpenSSL <perlinger@ntp.org> + [Bug 3469] Incomplete string compare [...] in is_refclk_addr <perlinger@ntp.org> + - patch by Stephen Friedl + [Bug 3467] Potential memory fault in ntpq [...] <perlinger@ntp.org> + - fixed IO redirection and CTRL-C handling in ntq and ntpdc + [Bug 3465] Default TTL values cannot be used <perlinger@ntp.org> + [Bug 3461] refclock_shm.c: clear error status on clock recovery <perlinger@ntp.org> + - initial patch by Hal Murray; also fixed refclock_report() trouble + [Bug 3460] Fix typo in ntpq.texi, reported by Kenyon Ralph. <stenn@ntp.org> + [Bug 3456] Use uintptr_t rather than size_t to store an integer in a pointer + - According to Brooks Davis, there was only one location <perlinger@ntp.org> + [Bug 3449] ntpq - display "loop" instead of refid [...] <perlinger@ntp.org> + - applied patch by Gerry Garvey + [Bug 3445] Symmetric peer won't sync on startup <perlinger@ntp.org> + - applied patch by Gerry Garvey + [Bug 3442] Fixes for ntpdate as suggested by Gerry Garvey, + with modifications + New macro REFID_ISTEXT() which is also used in ntpd/ntp_control.c. + [Bug 3434] ntpd clears STA_UNSYNC on start <perlinger@ntp.org> + - applied patch by Miroslav Lichvar + [Bug 3426] ntpdate.html -t default is 2 seconds. Leonid Evdokimov. + [Bug 3121] Drop root privileges for the forked DNS worker <perlinger@ntp.org> + - integrated patch by Reinhard Max + [Bug 2821] minor build issues <perlinger@ntp.org> + - applied patches by Christos Zoulas, including real bug fixes + html/authopt.html: cleanup, from <stenn@ntp.org> + ntpd/ntpd.c: DROPROOT cleanup. <stenn@ntp.org> + Symmetric key range is 1-65535. Update docs. <stenn@ntp.org> + +-- +NTP 4.2.8p11 (Harlan Stenn <stenn@ntp.org>, 2018/02/27) + +Focus: Security, Bug fixes, enhancements. + +Severity: MEDIUM + This release fixes 2 low-/medium-, 1 informational/medum-, and 2 low-severity vulnerabilities in ntpd, one medium-severity vulernability in ntpq, and provides 65 other non-security fixes and improvements: |