[El-errata] ELSA-2015-1459 Moderate: Oracle Linux 6 ntp security, bug fix, and enhancement update

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2015-1459

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-1459.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 6 have been uploaded to the 
Unbreakable Linux Network:

i386:
ntp-4.2.6p5-5.el6.i686.rpm
ntp-doc-4.2.6p5-5.el6.noarch.rpm
ntp-perl-4.2.6p5-5.el6.i686.rpm
ntpdate-4.2.6p5-5.el6.i686.rpm

x86_64:
ntp-4.2.6p5-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
ntp-doc-4.2.6p5-5.el6.noarch.rpm
ntp-perl-4.2.6p5-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
ntpdate-4.2.6p5-5.el6.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/SRPMS-updates/ntp-4.2.6p5-5.el6.src.rpm



Description of changes:

[4.2.6p5-5]
- reject packets without MAC when authentication is enabled (CVE-2015-1798)
- protect symmetric associations with symmetric key against DoS attack
   (CVE-2015-1799)
- fix generation of MD5 keys with ntp-keygen on big-endian systems
   (CVE-2015-3405)
- log when stepping clock for leap second or ignoring it with -x (#1204625)

[4.2.6p5-4]
- fix typos in ntpd man page (#1194463)