ntp

Description:Network Time Protocol suite/programs
Homepage:https://www.ntp.org/
Location:Portage
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  • ~ - unstable
  • M - hardmask
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USE flags

  • caps - Use Linux capabilities library to control privilege
  • debug - Enable extra debug codepaths, like asserts and extra output. If you want to get meaningful backtraces see https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Quality_Assurance/Backtraces
  • ipv6 - Add support for IP version 6
  • openntpd - Allow ntp to be installed alongside openntpd
  • parse-clocks - Add support for PARSE clocks
  • readline - Enable support for libreadline, a GNU line-editing library that almost everyone wants
  • samba - Provide support for Samba's signing daemon (needed for Active Directory domain controllers)
  • selinux - !!internal use only!! Security Enhanced Linux support, this must be set by the selinux profile or breakage will occur
  • snmp - Add support for the Simple Network Management Protocol if available
  • ssl - Add support for SSL/TLS connections (Secure Socket Layer / Transport Layer Security)
  • threads - Add threads support for various packages. Usually pthreads
  • vim-syntax - Pulls in related vim syntax scripts
  • zeroconf - Support for DNS Service Discovery (DNS-SD)

Security Advisory

Date Severity Title
over 3 years normal NTP: Multiple vulnerabilities
about 5 years normal NTP: Multiple vulnerabilities
almost 6 years normal NTP: Multiple vulnerabilities
over 7 years normal NTP: Multiple vulnerabilities
over 8 years normal NTP: Multiple vulnerablities
over 9 years high NTP: Multiple vulnerabilities
about 10 years normal NTP: Traffic amplification
about 14 years normal NTP: Denial of Service
almost 15 years high NTP: Remote execution of arbitrary code
almost 15 years normal ntp: Certificate validation error

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