OBSOLETE Patch-ID# 148882-02

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Keywords: security xntpd restart time
Synopsis: Obsoleted by: 148882-03 SunOS 5.10_x86: xntpd patch
Date: Jan/10/2015

Install Requirements: NA

Solaris Release: 10_x86

SunOS Release: 5.10_x86

Unbundled Product:

Unbundled Release:

Xref: This patch available for SPARC as patch 148881

Topic: SunOS 5.10_x86: xntpd patch

Relevant Architectures: i386

Bugs fixed with this patch:

Sun CR #	Bug #
	20294958
6476729	15353231
6902029	15604171
7082188	15737131

Changes incorporated in this version: 20294958

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 127725-02 144305-01

Patches which conflict with this patch:

Patches required with this patch: 120012-14 (or greater)

Obsoleted by:

Files included with this patch:

/usr/lib/inet/xntpd

Problem Description:

20294958 problem with NTP
 
(from 148882-01)
 
7082188 xntpd wrongly outputs drift correction if x86/x64 systems has ntp.drift
 
(from 144305-01)
 
        This revision accumulates generic Sustaining patch 127725-02
        into Solaris S10U9 update.
 
(from 127725-02)
 
6902029 DoS vulnerability in ntpd NTP mode 7 (MODE_PRIVATE) handling [CVE-2009-3563]
 
(from 127725-01)
 
6476729 SMF should not restart xntpd if xntpd has exited because time difference is too large

Patch Installation Instructions:

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Please refer to the man pages for instructions on using 'patchadd'
and 'patchrm' commands provided with Solaris.
 
The following example installs a patch to a standalone machine:
 
       example# patchadd /var/spool/patch/123456-07
 
The following example removes a patch from a standalone system:
 
       example# patchrm 123456-07
 
For additional examples please see the appropriate man pages. Any
other special or non-generic installation instructions should be
described below as special instructions.

Special Install Instructions:

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NOTE 1:  This patch does not take effect until the svc:/network/ntp:default
         service is restarted, either manually by the administrator, or by
         rebooting the system.  To restart the service manually, issue the
         following commands:

         svcadm disable network/ntp
         svcadm enable network/ntp

README -- Last modified date: Friday, January 23, 2015